The lifehistory basis of latitudinal diversity gradients: how do species traits vary from the poles to the equator?

M Cardillo - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
… , it is difficult to rule out phylogeny as an explanation for latitudinal variation in life history. …
Latitudinal variation in life history among species may arise in three ways: (1) natural selection …

Gradients of life-history variation: an intercontinental comparison of fishes

A Vila-Gispert, R Moreno-Amich… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2002 - Springer
life-history patterns, we evaluated the trilateral continuum model of fish life-history patterns
by … We hypothesize that observed geographical and latitudinal trends were a consequence of …

A large‐scale latitudinal pattern of lifehistory traits in a strictly univoltine damselfly

S Sniegula, MJ Golab, F Johansson - Ecological Entomology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… The pattern of the body size cline along a latitudinal gradient that we … life cycle, we suggest
that the size gradient is a result of the length of the growth season. Because similar patterns in …

Thermal regime drives a latitudinal gradient in morphology and life history in a livebearing fish

R Riesch, RA Martin, SE Diamond… - Biological Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… We measured eight life-history traits (including two estimates … latitudinal patterns of trait
divergence, we quantified a range of environmental variables hypothesized to underlie latitudinal

Life history, latitudinal patterns, and status of the shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum

B Kynard - Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation, 1997 - Springer
… This report summarizes much of the information on shortnose sturgeon life history, examines
latitudinal variation in anadromy and spawning migrations, investigates impacts of dams on …

Latitudinal variation in lifehistory traits in Eurasian perch

E Heibo, C Magnhagen, LA Vøllestad - Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… Here, we analyze latitudinal variation in life-history traits based on literature data from 68
perch populations and field data from seven populations from across Eurasia. Specifically, we …

Linking thermal adaptation and life-history theory explains latitudinal patterns of voltinism

JD Kong, AA Hoffmann… - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… Our results show that the switch in voltinism along the latitudinal gradient was explained by
… We suggest that latitudinal patterns in thermal responses and corresponding life histories

Integrating life history and physiology to understand latitudinal size variation in a damselfly

M De Block, S Slos, F Johansson, R Stoks - Ecography, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Latitudinal patterns in compensatory growth so far have only been studied in a … study
latitudinal life history patterns in the damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum which has a broad latitudinal

A meta‐analysis of latitudinal variations in lifehistory traits of roach, Rutilus rutilus, over its geographical range: linear or non‐linear relationships?

J Lappalainen, AS Tarkan, C Harrod - Freshwater Biology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… we examine latitudinal variations in several life history traits of … Our principle aim was to
examine variation in life history traits … to identify general latitudinal patterns in the life history traits …

Contrasting latitudinal patterns of lifehistory divergence in two genera of new world thrushes (Turdinae)

AJ Boyce, TE Martin - Journal of Avian Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Latitudinal patterns of life histories in these two genera were closely associated with adult …
role in shaping latitudinal patterns of life-history traits. Life history strategies vary broadly within …