The Ecological Context of Life History Evolution
Abstract
Life histories are the probabilities of survival and the rates of reproduction at each age in the life-span. Reproduction is costly, so that fertility at all ages cannot simultaneously be maximized by natural selection. Allocation of reproductive effort has evolved in response to the demographic impact of different environments but is constrained by genetic variance and evolutionary history.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- September 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.241.4872.1449
- Bibcode:
- 1988Sci...241.1449P