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Contrasting between- and within-individual trait effects on mortality risk in a long-lived seabird.
Ecology - 1 Jan 2015
Zhang He, Vedder Oscar, Becker Peter H, Bouwhuis Sandra
Abstract excerpt
Individual life span is the most important determinant of lifetime reproductive success and fitness across taxa. Identifying the relationships between life-history traits and survival therefore is fundamental to understanding the evolution of a species' traits. Especially important in this respect is to separate the contributions of between- and within-individual trait effects, because only such an approach can...
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