Optimal values for life history traits are expected to depend upon environmental conditions
during development and the period within which development is constrained (eg, biotic …

Time constraints, imposed by seasonality, are common to life histories. Recent theory in
evolutionary ecology predicts independent behavioral and life history responses to such …

Although variation within populations in plasticity to time constraints is expected with regard
to hatching date, empirical studies are largely lacking. We studied life-history responses to …

The trade off between age and size at emergence, which plays a central role in life history
theory, is hypothesized to be more pronounced under stressful conditions, especially when …

Time stress, such as imposed by seasonality, is a widespread and major selective force
shaping life history in a wide variety of animal taxa. These insights were initially driven by …

Periods of poor nutrition during early development may have negative fitness consequences
in subsequent periods of ontogeny. In insects, suppression of growth and developmental …

We investigated four predictions about how temperature, photoperiod and sex affect the life
history plasticity and foraging activity of a damselfly.(i) As predicted, increased temperatures …

1. Despite its prominent role in life-history theory, there is no direct empirical evidence for a
behaviourally mediated predation cost of rapid growth. Moreover, we know little about how …

Although complex life cycles are widespread, we know little about how constraints in the
larval stage influence adult fitness. Most models assume a tight coupling of larval conditions …

Plasticity in growth rate may be driven by behavioural and physiological mechanisms.
Although these underlying mechanisms have direct implications for the importance of …