State-dependent life histories

1996/03/01 by John M. McNamara, Alasdair I. Houston · 1 voice · 5 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Family Dynamics and Relationships #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

paper · doi:10.1038/380215a0

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Citations

• The Optimal Balance between Size and Number of Offspring
• Reproductive Effort and Terminal Investment in Iteroparous Animals
• Ecological Correlates of Individual Variation in Age at Maturity in Female Moose (Alces alces): The Effects of Environmental Variability

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• Behavioural Diversity: Conditional Movement Tactics in the Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Discussions

• There are ongoing debates in (evolutionary) demography over the status of age as a predictor of mortality, fertility, reproductive investments more generally. Starts with this classic paper. Turns out [bsky, 7 points, 0 comments]