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State-dependent life histories.

Nature - 21 Mar 1996

McNamara J M, Houston A I

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Life-history theory is concerned with strategic decisions over an organism's lifetime. Evidence is accumulating about the way in which these decisions depend on the organism's physiological state and other components such as external circumstances. Phenotypic plasticity may be interpreted as an organism's response to its state. The quality of offspring may depend on the state and behaviour of the mother. Recent...

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PMID: 8637568
DOI: 10.1038/380215a0

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