The evolution of life histories : theory and analysis

By D. Roff. 1992

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Size-dependent thermal preferences in a pelagic fish (2010, background): “growth, which in turn could increase their fitness by increasing reproductive success (Roff 1992).”
Maternal basking opportunity affects juvenile phenotype in a viviparous lizard (2000, background): “Clearly, offspring size is likely to result from the interplay of a variety of factors including the amount of yolk provided prior to ovulation, the degree to which the yolk is converted to body tissue (which is temperature-dependent, Shine & Harlow 1993) and the degree of placental transfer of nutr”
Comparative demography of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) in Ontario and Maryland (2006, background): “In general, we expected that the constraints imposed by the more severe environmental conditions in Ontario should promote conservatism in growth and sexual maturation ( Roff, 1992 ).”
Comparison of Life History Traits between First-Generation Hatchery and Wild Upper Yakima River Spring Chinook Salmon (2006, background): “Life history traits reflect local adaptations affecting population productivity and individual fitness (Stearns 1976; Roff 1992; Brannon et al. 2004).”
EVOLUTION OF AVIAN LOCOMOTION: CORRELATES OF FLIGHT STYLE, LOCOMOTOR MODULES, NESTING BIOLOGY, BODY SIZE, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ORIGIN OF FLAPPING FLIGHT (2003, background): “…Brown and West 2000), ecology (McMahon and Bonner 1983, Peters 1983, Brown and West 2000), and aspects of life history (Marzluff and Dial 1990, Roff 1992), minimal attention has been directed toward empirical testing of allometric correlates of locomotor performance (acceleration,…”
Demographic Viability of a Relict Population of the Critically Endangered Plant Borderea chouardii (2003, background): “Patterns of birth and death ultimately determine population size and can vary drastically among and within species (e.g., Roff 1992).”
Assortative Pairing and Life History Strategy (2009, background): “According to life history (LH) theory (Charnov 1993; Ellis et al. 2009; Roff 1992, 2002; Stearns 1992), unstable, unpredictable environments that are uncontrollable by genetically influenced developmental processes with predominantly extrinsic sources of mortality select against slow LH strategies”
Protracted Reproduction in Sunfish: the Temporal Dimension in Fish Recruitment Revisited (2002, background): “These species must possess phenotypic traits that offset the high environmental variability driving first-year mortality (Stearns 1976, Roff 1992).”
Integrating Reproductive Biology into Scientific Advice for Fisheries Management (2008, background): “Increased mortality can select for maturation at a younger age (Diana, 1983; Roff, 1992; Hutchings, 1993; Fox, 1994; Olsen et al., 2005) and smaller size (Kasperski and Kozlowski, 1993).”
Features of begging calls reveal general condition and need of food of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings (2002, background): “This prominent effect of Mendelian segregation on relatedness leads to the prediction that parents should allocate fewer resources (e.g., food) to the offspring than their offspring are selected to obtain, whenever providing care imposes a cost in terms of future reproduction (Clutton-Brock, 1991; L”
Experimental manipulation of maternal effort produces differential effects in sons and daughters: implications for adaptive sex ratios in the blue-footed booby (2002, background): “Investment in current reproduction should be balanced against the chances of reproducing in the future (Roff, 1992; Stearns, 1992).”