The evolution of life histories : theory and analysis /

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Author / Creator:Roff, Derek A., 1949-
Imprint:New York : Chapman & Hall, 1992.
Description:xii, 535 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1390003
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ISBN:0412023814 (cloth) : $65.00
0412023911 (paper) : $29.95
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-511) and indexes.

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505 2 0 |g 1.  |t Life History Variation: A First Look.  |g 1.1.  |t Mathematical Analysis of Life History Variation.  |g 1.2.  |t Constraints --  |g 2.  |t Quantitative Genetic Background.  |g 2.1.  |t Quantitative Genetic Framework.  |g 2.2.  |t Maintenance of Genetic Variation --  |g 3.  |t Life History Theory: A Framework.  |g 3.1.  |t Measures of Fitness.  |g 3.2.  |t Relationship Between Phenotypic Trade-Offs and Genetic Correlations.  |g 3.3.  |t Measurement of Trade-Offs --  |g 4.  |t Methods of Analysis.  |g 4.1.  |t The Calculus.  |g 4.2.  |t Graphical Analysis.  |g 4.3.  |t Dynamic Programming.  |g 4.4.  |t Matrix Methods.  |g 4.5.  |t Model Testing --  |g 5.  |t Age Schedules of Birth and Death.  |g 5.1.  |t Mortality.  |g 5.2.  |t Reproduction --  |g 6.  |t Costs of Reproduction.  |g 6.1.  |t Reproductive Effort and Growth.  |g 6.2.  |t Reproductive Effort and Survival.  |g 6.3.  |t Reproductive Effort and Schedule of Reproduction --  |g 7.  |t Age and Size at Maturity.  |g 7.1.  |t Deterministic Environment.  |g 7.2.  |t Variable Environments.  |g 7.3.  |t Predicting Genotypic Versus Phenotypic Changes --  |g 8.  |t Reproductive Effort.  |g 8.1.  |t Reproductive Investment and Breeding More Than Once.  |g 8.2.  |t Optimal Reproductive Effort and Growth.  |g 8.3.  |t Reproductive Effort and Age.  |g 8.4.  |t Reproductive Effort and Parental Care.  |g 8.5.  |t Reproductive Effort and Male Fitness.  |g 8.6.  |t Reproductive Effort in a Variable Environment --  |g 9.  |t Clutch Size.  |g 9.1.  |t Mechanical Factors in Evolution of Clutch Size.  |g 9.2.  |t Hypotheses Generated by Considerations of Clutch Size in Endotherms.  |g 9.3.  |t Hypotheses Generated by Consideration of Clutch Size in Insects --  |g 10.  |t Offspring Size.  |g 10.1.  |t Effect of Size on Fitness Components of the Young.  |g 10.2.  |t Optimal Propagule Size.  |g 10.3.  |t Optimal Propagule Size in a Constant Environment.  |g 10.4.  |t Optimal Propagule Size in a Variable Environment --  |g 11.  |t Final Thoughts --  |t Appendix: A Brief Review of Differentiation. 
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