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Reproductive Allometry And The Size-Number Trade-Off For Lizards, Eric Charnov, Robin Warne
Reproductive Allometry And The Size-Number Trade-Off For Lizards, Eric Charnov, Robin Warne
Biology Faculty & Staff Publications
The yearly reproductive allocation shows a 0.75 allometry with adult size across lizard species.
Lifetime Reproductive Effort, Eric Charnov, Robin Warne, Melanie Moses
Lifetime Reproductive Effort, Eric Charnov, Robin Warne, Melanie Moses
Biology Faculty & Staff Publications
The concept of lifetime reproductive effort[LRE] is defined for arbitrary age structured populations. Optimal life history theory with metabolic production constraints is developed to predict the numeric value of LRE; This is tested with large data sets for mammals and lizards.
Reproductive Efficiencies In The Evolution Of Life Histories, Eric Charnov
Reproductive Efficiencies In The Evolution Of Life Histories, Eric Charnov
Biology Faculty & Staff Publications
Darwinian fitness is expressed as the product of 2 cost/benefit ratios.