Life-history theory is concerned with strategic decisions over an organism's lifetime.
Evidence is accumulating about the way in which these decisions depend on the organism's …

▪ Abstract Life history theory offers evolutionary explanations for the timing of life events, with
a particular focus on age-schedules of fertility and mortality and growth. Traditional models …

Synthesizing studies of parental care in a wide variety of animals, this book is the first
attempt to provide general answers to the following important questions: Why does the …

This chapter provides an overview of life history theory (LHT). LHT conceptualizes specific
allocation tradeoffs in terms of three broad, fundamental trade‐offs: the present‐future …

This completely revised, fourth edition of Introduction to Plant Population Biology continues
the approach taken by its highly successful predecessors. Ecological and genetic principles …

Models of Adaptive Behaviour sets out a framework for adaptive explanations of behaviour,
and applies this to give analyses of a range of biological issues such as energetic gain …

Abstract Atlantic salmon (Salmo solar, Salmonidae) show a diversity of life history,
behavioural and morphological adaptations for reproduction which have evolved as an …

The paper reviews current concepts that relate particular life-history strategies to habitat
characteristics. The strategy selection system is described: through effects on the fitness of …

Whereas the concept that availability of resources drives seed production is sound in
principle, it is incomplete as there are many solutions to the allocation of resources that …

This paper focuses on phenotypic plasticity as a major mode of adaptation in plants. A
methodological critique examines difficulties in studying plasticity, including the conceptually …