TY - BOOK AU - Flatt, Thomas and Andreas Heyland. TI - Mechanisms of life history evolution: the genetics and physiology of life history traits and trade-offs [electronic resource] T2 - Oxford biology SN - 9780191774591 (ebook) : AV - QH501 .M43 2011 U1 - 571.8 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Evolutionary genetics KW - Physiology KW - Life cycles (Biology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This title explains the evolution of the major features of life cycles by analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction, and survival and by investigating the trade-offs that constrain the evolution of these traits UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568765.001.0001 ER -