Biology Faculty & Staff Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract

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.

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Volume

170

First Page

129

Last Page

142

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

Reproduction, Mammals, Lizards, Metabolic Ecology

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