Extrinsic Mortality Can Shape Life-History Traits, Including Senescence.
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SUBMITTER: Danko MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223763 | biostudies-literature | 2018
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Extrinsic Mortality Can Shape Life-History Traits, Including Senescence.
Dańko Maciej J MJ Burger Oskar O Argasiński Krzysztof K Kozłowski Jan J
Evolutionary biology 20180613 4
The Williams' hypothesis is one of the most widely known ideas in life history evolution. It states that higher adult mortality should lead to faster and/or earlier senescence. Theoretically derived gradients, however, do not support this prediction. Increased awareness of this fact has caused a crisis of misinformation among theorists and empirical ecologists. We resolve this crisis by outlining key issues in the measurement of fitness, assumptions of density dependence, and their effect on ext ...[more]
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