The Evolution of Life Histories

by Stephen C. Stearns

This book is the first comprehensive summary of life-history evolution, a field that holds a central position in modern ecology, evolution, and population biology. The book offers an up-to-date description of the analytical tools used in evolutionary explanation: demographics, quantitative genetics, reaction norms, trade-offs, and phylogenetic/comparative analysis. It goes on to discuss the evolution of such major life-history traits as age and size...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198577419
• ISBN13: 9780198577416
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 10.2"