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Optimal annual routines: behaviour in the context of physiology and ecology.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 27 Jan 2008
McNamara John M, Houston Alasdair I
Abstract excerpt
Organisms in a seasonal environment often schedule activities in a regular way over the year. If we assume that such annual routines have been shaped by natural selection then life-history theory should provide a basis for explaining them. We argue that many life-history trade-offs are mediated by underlying physiological variables that act on various time scales. The dynamics of these variables often preclude...
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