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A major concern of modern evolutionary ecology is the nature of adaptations both among different species and among populations within species. Frequently, adaptations consist of complex sets of phenotypic characters that function together and co-vary under selection. One such character complex is the collection of traits that constitutes the life history of a species. Because life history “tactics” (see Stearns 1976) involve schedules of reproduction and survival and therefore directly fitness, much empirical and theoretical effort has been expended on understanding these schedules and the environmental constraints that shape them.
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Denno, R.F., Dingle, H. (1981). Considerations for the Development of a More General Life History Theory. In: Denno, R.F., Dingle, H. (eds) Insect Life History Patterns. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5941-1_1
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