Environmental Certainty, Trophic Level, and Resource Availability in Life History Evolution Export

@article{citeulike:6077072, abstract = {Evolutionary theory has not yet determined the necessary and sufficient environmental factors that can be used to explain the observed diversity of life history patterns in plants and animals. Although recent theoretical treatments of the evolution of life history rely heavily on the concepts of r- and K-selection, we find this framework inadequate to explain life histories of many well-known organisms. Instead, using well-studied examples from the literature, we attempt to identify causal mechanisms in the evolution of their life histories. The density of the population in relation to resources, the trophic and successional position of the population, and predictability of mortality patterns all appear to be important determinants of adaptive strategies. Therefore, consideration of many environmental dimensions seems essential to provide complete understanding of the evolution of life histories.}, author = {Wilbur, Henry M. and Tinkle, Donald W. and Collins, James P.}, citeulike-article-id = {6077072}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2459610}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2459610}, doi = {10.2307/2459610}, issn = {00030147}, journal = {The American Naturalist}, keywords = {availability, level, resource, rosenheim, trophic}, number = {964}, pages = {805--817}, posted-at = {2009-11-05 22:14:29}, priority = {2}, publisher = {The University of Chicago Press for The American Society of Naturalists}, title = {Environmental Certainty, Trophic Level, and Resource Availability in Life History Evolution}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2459610}, volume = {108}, year = {1974} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6077072 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6077072 N2 - Evolutionary theory has not yet determined the necessary and sufficient environmental factors that can be used to explain the observed diversity of life history patterns in plants and animals. Although recent theoretical treatments of the evolution of life history rely heavily on the concepts of r- and K-selection, we find this framework inadequate to explain life histories of many well-known organisms. Instead, using well-studied examples from the literature, we attempt to identify causal mechanisms in the evolution of their life histories. The density of the population in relation to resources, the trophic and successional position of the population, and predictability of mortality patterns all appear to be important determinants of adaptive strategies. Therefore, consideration of many environmental dimensions seems essential to provide complete understanding of the evolution of life histories. IS - 964 JF - The American Naturalist SN - 00030147 EP - 817 TI - Environmental Certainty, Trophic Level, and Resource Availability in Life History Evolution PB - The University of Chicago Press for The American Society of Naturalists VL - 108 SP - 805 KW - availability KW - level KW - resource KW - rosenheim KW - trophic AU - Wilbur, Henry AU - Tinkle, Donald AU - Collins, James PY - 1974/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2459610 ER -