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100 1 $aStearns, S. C.$q(Stephen C.),$d1946-
245 14 $aThe evolution of life histories /$cStephen C.
Stearns.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University
Press,$c1992.
300 $axii, 249 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.
[224]-243) and indexes.
505 2 $aThe forest -- The reef -- The plum -- The
albatross -- The problem -- Pt. I. The Elements of
Evolutionary Explanation. 1. Evolutionary explanation.
Context. Life history traits. An explanatory framework.
Chapter previews for Part I. Natural selection and fitness.
Adaptation and constraint. 2. Demography: age and stage
structure. Life tables. The Euler-Lotka equation.
Calculating r. The stable age distribution. Generation time.
Rates of increase. Reproductive value. Residual reproductive
value and the costs of reproduction. Age and stage
distributions. Fitness measures. Comment on fitness.
Sensitivity and elasticity. Situational sensitivity. Summary
of introductory demography -- Appendix: a Pascal program to
calculate r. 3. Quantitative genetics and reaction norms.
The basic model. Heritabilities of life history traits.
Selection on quantitative traits. How is genetic variation
for life history traits maintained? Genetic covariance.
Maximum likelihood estimates.
505 0 $aMeasurements of genetic covariances for life
history traits. Quantitative genetics in heterogeneous
environments. The heritability of phenotypic plasticity.
Other ways to quantify plasticity. The integration of the
plastic response. Connecting quantitative genetics to
demography. 4. Trade-offs. Physiological trade-offs.
Microevolutionary trade-offs: intra-individual and
intergenerational. Why might we observe the 'wrong'
trade-off? Current reproduction vs. survival. Current vs.
future reproduction. Reproduction vs. growth. Current
reproduction vs. condition. Number vs. size of offspring. 5.
Lineage-specific effects. Examples of lineage-specific
effects. What a lineage is and how to define it.
Applications of cladistics to ecology. Statistical
approaches to the comparative method. The origin of
phylogenetic effects. Discussion: can comparative results
demonstrate adaptation? -- Discussion overview --
Constraints -- The rate of evolution of life history traits
-- The interpretation of optimality models.
505 0 $aPt. II. The Evolution of the Major Life History
Traits. 6. Age and size at maturity. Patterns of maturation.
Optimality models of age and size at maturity. Predicting
optimal age and size at maturity: maximizing r. Extending
the model from population means to reaction norms.
Predicting optimal age and size at maturity: maximizing
expected number of offspring. 7. Number and size of
offspring. Background: the natural history of clutch and
offspring size. Effects causing deviations from the Lack
clutch. Size of offspring. 8. Reproductive lifespan and
ageing. A phylogenetic perspective on lifespan. Selection
for longer reproductive lifespan 1: mean mortality rates.
Selection for longer reproductive lifespan 2: variation in
mortality rates. Intrinsic effects limiting the lifespan of
the disposable soma: ageing -- Life history strategies --
Are any general models useful? -- Are there any genetic
constraints at all? -- Extensions of life history theory --
Potential applications of life history theory.
505 0 $aParadoxes -- App. 1. Genetic correlations of life
history traits -- App. 2. Evidence on trade-offs -- App. 3.
Elementary allometry.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aLife cycles (Biology)
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