Multicellular organisms display an enormous range of life history (LH) strategies and present
an evolutionary conundrum; despite strong natural selection, LH traits are characterized by …

A plant's reproductive allocation (RA) schedule describes the fraction of surplus energy
allocated to reproduction as it increases in size. While theorists use RA schedules as the …

Understanding the role of consumers in plant population dynamics is important, both
conceptually and practically. Yet, while the negative effects of herbivory on plant …

Abstract Background and Aims In a range of plant species, the distribution of individual
mean fecundity is skewed and dominated by a few highly fecund individuals. Larger plants …

Fitness trade-offs across episodes of selection and environments influence life-history
evolution and adaptive population divergence. Documenting these trade-offs remains …

According to the original optimal reproductive allocation theory, plants should shift from
vegetative growth to reproductive allocation abruptly and completely. Some plants do this …

Dioecious woody species often exhibit male-biased sex ratios under drought habitat, which
may result in vulnerability in drying soils. However, whether biased sex ratios are associated …

Although most plants harbor microbial symbionts, the temporal effects of symbionts on
resource allocation and herbivore resistance of perennial hosts are unknown …

Although the costs of reproduction are predicted to vary with the quality of the breeding
habitat thereby affecting population dynamics and life‐history trade‐offs, empirical evidence …

Quantifying costs and benefits of ostensibly mutualistic interactions is an important step
toward understanding their evolutionary trajectories. In food‐for‐protection interactions …