Correlative Changes in Life-History Variables in Response to Environmental Change in a Model Organism

Abstract

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Mechanistic description of population dynamics using dynamic energy budget theory incorporated into integral projection models

“…S1)]. Egg length at birth is independent of feeding level and maternal length (Smallegange, Deere & Coulson ); hence, we set 0·166 mm (Table ), and . The maximum length observed for an adult female is L m = 1·008 mm (Table ).…”

“…S1)]. Egg length at birth is independent of feeding level and maternal length (Smallegange, Deere & Coulson 2014); hence, we set E Lb ðLðtÞÞ ¼ L b ¼0Á166 mm (Table 1), and r 2…”

General conclusion to the special issue Moving forward on individual heterogeneity

“…Interestingly, although slow organisms are less sensitive than fast organisms to environmental variability (Morris et al 2008, Dalgleish et al 2010, Gamelon et al 2014, they are limited by their lower evolutionary potential (Vedder et al 2013). This suggests that contrasting slow-fast species could provide far-reaching insights on the influences of changes in environmental conditions (Smallegange et al 2014). In addition, extremely long and detailed time series have been collected for some species like humans (Briga et al 2017), primates (Bronikowski et al 2016), ungulates (FestaBianchet et al 2017), or seabirds (Wooller et al 1992), making it possible to also study gradual changes in individual heterogeneity through time (Hartemink et al 2017, Caswell andVindenes 2018).…”

The effect of temporal environmental autocorrelation on eco‐evolutionary dynamics across life histories

“…Generation time, which correlates strongly with the fast–slow continuum, was used to depict variation in responses among life‐history strategies (Lebreton and Clobert , Smallegange et al. ). We used an inverse gamma GLM to fit the model, as our data were only positive and continuous.…”