"life history"

Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide

Summary Integral projection models (IPMs) use information on how an individual's state influences its vital rates – survival, growth and reproduction – to make population projections. IPMs are constructed from regression models predicting vital rates …

Extreme environments select for reproductive assurance: evidence from evening primroses (Oenothera)

Summary • Competing evolutionary forces shape plant breeding systems (e.g. inbreeding depression, reproductive assurance). Which of these forces prevails in a given population or species is predicted to depend upon such factors as life history, …