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16109879

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5738
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-19
pubmed:abstractText
Life-history theory attempts to provide evolutionary explanations for variations in the ways in which animal species live their lives. Recent analyses have suggested that the dimensionless ratios of several key life-history parameters are the same for different species, even across distant taxa. However, we show here that previous analyses may have given a false picture and created an illusion of invariants, which do not necessarily exist; essentially, this is because life-history variables have been regressed against themselves. The following question arises from our analysis: How do we identify an invariant?
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
309
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1236-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The illusion of invariant quantities in life histories.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK. sean.nee@ed.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't