Search
- Filter Results
- Location
- Classification
- Include attachments
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/08%3A_Life_Histories/8.01%3A_What_is_life_historyOptimality is important for the study of life history theory because it serves as the basis for many of the models used, which work from the assumption that natural selection, as it works on a life hi...Optimality is important for the study of life history theory because it serves as the basis for many of the models used, which work from the assumption that natural selection, as it works on a life history traits, is moving towards the most optimal group of traits and use of energy (Stearns, 1976).
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_13%3A_The_Ecology_of_Intraspecific_VariationThe diagrams show that: (A) there is individual variation in the phenotype (personality: heights of the red lines), but that there is no phenotypic plasticity, (B) there is individual variation in the...The diagrams show that: (A) there is individual variation in the phenotype (personality: heights of the red lines), but that there is no phenotypic plasticity, (B) there is individual variation in the phenotype (personality: heights of the red lines), there is population-level phenotypic plasticity (slopes of the red lines are non-zero), but individuals do not differ in their response to the environment (slopes of the red lines are equal), and (C) there is individual variation in the phenotype …
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/13%3A_The_Ecology_of_Intraspecific_VariationThe diagrams show that: (A) there is individual variation in the phenotype (personality: heights of the red lines), but that there is no phenotypic plasticity, (B) there is individual variation in the...The diagrams show that: (A) there is individual variation in the phenotype (personality: heights of the red lines), but that there is no phenotypic plasticity, (B) there is individual variation in the phenotype (personality: heights of the red lines), there is population-level phenotypic plasticity (slopes of the red lines are non-zero), but individuals do not differ in their response to the environment (slopes of the red lines are equal), and (C) there is individual variation in the phenotype …
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_8%3A_Life_Histories/1%3A_What_is_life_historyFor example, "optimal investment in offspring is where the decrease in total number of offspring is equaled by the increase of the number who survive". [7] Optimality is important for the study of lif...For example, "optimal investment in offspring is where the decrease in total number of offspring is equaled by the increase of the number who survive". [7] Optimality is important for the study of life history theory because it serves as the basis for many of the models used, which work from the assumption that natural selection, as it works on a life history traits, is moving towards the most optimal group of traits and use of energy.
