The development of theory on density-dependent natural selection has seen a transition
from very general, logistic growth-based models to theories that incorporate details of …

A series of laboratory selection experiments on Drosophila melanogaster over the past two
decades has provided insights into the specifics of life-history tradeoffs in the species and …

There are many different types of organisms in the world: they differ in size, physiology,
appearance, and life history. The challenge for evolutionary biology is to explain how such …

The theory of r‐and K‐selection was one of the first predictive models for life‐history
evolution. It helped to galvanize the empirical field of comparative life‐history and dominated …

Understanding biological range expansions and invasions is of great ecological and
economical interest. Importantly, spatial dynamics can be deeply affected by rapid evolution …

One of the rare examples of a single major gene underlying a naturally occurring behavioral
polymorphism is the foraging locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Larvae with the rover allele …

Drosophila melanogaster can be artificially selected for increased resistance against
parasitoid wasps that attack the larvae. Lines selected for greater resistance are poorer …

Theories of density-dependent natural selection state that at extreme population densities
evolution produces alternative life histories due to trade-offs. The trade-offs are presumed to …

Body size has profound consequences for animal life history and ecology (Bonner, 1965;
Peters, 1983; Calder, 1984; Schmidt-Neilsen, 1984; Damuth, 1987), so it is very important to …

We measured metabolic rates of adult male Drosophila melanogaster allowed to evolve in
the laboratory at 18 and 25° C and compared these with measurements of metabolic rates of …