Brood size in an uncertain world
Reproduction in an uncertain world is fraught. The consequences of investing in too many offspring in a resource poor season can be disastrous but so too is missing the opportunity of a resource rich year. We consider a simple population and individual growth model and use Lyapunov exponents to find...
Main Authors: | Alex James, Alexander Hann, E. Penelope Holland |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023-06-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221362 |
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