In most animals, members of one sex compete more intensely for mates than members of
the other sex, and show a greater development of secondary sexual traits. The relative …

According to recent empirical studies, reproductive senescence, the decline in reproductive
success with increasing age, seems to be nearly ubiquitous in the wild. However, a clear …

Summary 1 Nutrition influences most aspects of animal ecology: juvenile growth rates and
adult mass gain, body condition, probability of pregnancy, over‐winter survival, timing of …

In The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, John L. Hoogland draws on sixteen years of research at
Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in the United States to provide this account of …

The idea that resources are limited and animals can maximise fitness by trading costly
activities off against one another forms the basis of life-history theory. Although investment in …

THE visual recognition of three-dimensional (3-D) objects on the basis of their shape poses
at least two difficult problems. First, there is the problem of variable illumination, which can …

Publisher Summary The timing and frequency of reproduction are major determinants of life-
history strategies, which have evolved to maximize lifetime reproductive output, and thus to …

Marked impacts of climate change on biodiversity have frequently been demonstrated,
including temperature-related shifts in phenology and life-history traits. One potential major …

Introduction to Population Ecology, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive textbook covering all
aspects of population ecology. It uses a wide variety of field and laboratory examples …

Seasonal patterns of climate and vegetation growth are expected to be altered by global
warming. In alpine environments, the reproduction of birds and mammals is tightly linked to …