The evolution of life histories: Theory and analysis

By R. Wootton. 1993

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Born to Learn: the Inspiration, Progress, and Future of Evolved Plastic Artificial Neural Networks (2017, background): “It is also not clear yet which stepping stones were most challenging for natural evolution (Roff, 1993; Stanley and Lehman, 2015) in the evolutionary path to intelligent and complex forms of life.”
Environmental stress decreases survival, growth, and reproduction in New Zealand mussels (2007, methodology): “From these tissues, a gonadosomatic index (GSI; e.g. Roff, 1992) was calculated: GSI ¼ gonadal tissue weightð Þ= gonadalþ somatic tissue weightð Þ Gonadal tissue from eachmusselwas collected and placed into 10% formalin in seawater for fixation prior to histological processing to assess spawning…”
Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size (2002, background): “These relationships are often thought of as being physiologically constrained as growth to larger size takes more time and energy, resulting in a trade-off between body size and reproduction (Roff, 1992; Stearns, 1992; Charnov, 1993).”
Effective population size and temporal genetic change in stream resident brown trout (Salmo trutta, L.) (2003, methodology): “This method takes into account that young age-classes may be underrepresented in the catch; it is assumed that the probability of survival from one year to another is the same at all ages (type II mortality; e.g., Roff 1992).”
Interactive effects of parental age and environmental variation on the breeding performance of Tengmalm's owls (2002, background): “An understanding of age-dependent reproductive output of iteroparous animal species is one of the primary aims of the life-history theory (Roff 1992; Stearns 1992).”
A beginners guide to adaptive dynamics (2002, background): “Much of the standard literature on evolutionary ecology, such as [77, 10, 81], introduces an ad-hoc version of this result: one declares R0 to be a fitness measure which is maximized by evolution.”
Individual heterogeneity and capture–recapture models: what, why and how? (2018, background): “Tradeoffs are one of the cornerstones of the theory of life histories (Roff 1992).”
Estimating reaction norms for age and size at maturation when age at first (2004, unknown): “Age and size at maturation are clearly not independent traits – that is, change in one generally results in a correlated change in the other (Roff, 1992; Stearns, 1992).”
Patterns and prediction of population recovery in marine reserves (2000, background): “tradeoffs among life history allocations (Stearns, 1976; Beverton, 1987; Roff, 1992; Charnov, 1993).”
Trends and management implications of human-influenced life-history changes in marine ectotherms (2016, background): “From an 119 evolutionary perspective, life-histories are constantly being tuned to optimise fitness under a given 120 juvenile and adult mortality regime; for example, different life-histories are expected in stable versus 121 highly stochastic environments (Roff 1992).”
Predictors of Species Sensitivity to Fragmentation (2004, background): “Reproductive potential and annual survival/longevity Reproductive potential and annual survival/longevity are tightly linked lifehistory traits (Stearns 1976; Roff 1992) and there is at least a threefold influence of reproductive potential on the extinction proneness of species.”
Body size, arrival date, and reproductive success of pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (2002, background): “Reproductive success is often correlated with body size (through direct effects on fecundity and egg size: ROFF 1992, STEARNS 1992) and secondary sexual traits through mate choice or intrasexual competition (e.g., MATHIS 1991, MADSEN et al. 1993; reviewed by KODRIC-BROWN 1990, KIRKPATRICK & RYAN…”
Breeding phenology and larval distribution of amphibians in a Mediterranean pond network with unpredictable hydrology (2003, background): “Iteroparity (Roff, 1992) may also increase the probability of population persistence in amphibians”
The evolution of trade‐offs: where are we? (2007, methodology): “…can arise in the presence of trade-offs is the acquisition–allocation model of Van Noordwijk & de Jong (1986), which was first formulated by James (1974) (his analysis contains an arithmetic error, which, unfortunately, is reproduced in Roff, 1992 and Roff, 2002) and also derived by Riska (1986).”
TESTING FOR PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL IN COMPARATIVE DATA: BEHAVIORAL TRAITS ARE MORE LABILE (2003, unknown): “…has sometimes been viewed as a morphological trait, yet is often highly correlated with various life-history and physiological traits (Calder 1984; Roff 1992; Gittleman et al. 1996a), and is the end result of the ontogenetic growth trajectory, which would usually be considered a life-history…”
Time perspective as a mechanism for functional developmental adaptation. (2008, background): “aspects of survival and reproduction across the lifespan (Roff, 1992; Stearns, 1992).”
Life‐history trade‐offs under different larval diets in Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (2015, background): “, 1996), as well as reproductive success in males and in females (Roff, 1992; Blanckenhorn, 1994; Nylin & Gotthard, 1998).”