Life History Trade-offs

Authors
Publication date 2016
Host editors
  • R.M. Kliman
Book title Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology
ISBN
  • 9780128000496
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9780128004265
Pages (from-to) 390-393
Publisher Oxford: Academic Press
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract Trade-offs play a central role in life history theory. This article explains why they exist, how they arise, how they can be measured, and briefly discusses their evolution. Three important trade-offs are discussed in detail: the trade-off between current reproduction and survival, between current and future reproduction, and between offspring size and number.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00084-6
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