Lecture 7

Question 1

Primates are K selected organisms

Answer 1

Long lived, small litters, slow to mature, high parental investment and big bodied.

Question 2

Factors That Affect Lifetime Reproductive Success

Answer 2

Age at first birth, interbirth interval and age at death.

Question 3

Life History Theory

Answer 3

Growth, maintenance, survival and reproduction. Trade offs and unequal force of selection a different stages of life.

Question 4

Life History Stages - 1

Answer 4

Gestation, conception to birth

Question 5

Life History Stages - 2

Answer 5

Infant, Birth to maternal independence (weaning)

Question 6

Life History Stages - 3

Answer 6

Juvenile, Independence through sexual maturity

Question 7

Life History Stages - 4

Answer 7

Sub adult, Sexual maturity until growth stops

Question 8

Life History Stages - 5

Answer 8

Adult

Question 9

Life History Variables

Answer 9

Length of gestation, offspring (number, size and sex), Interbirth interval, Age/size weaning, Age/size at first reproduction and lifespan.

Question 10

Primate Life History

Answer 10

Slow, long gestation, large children, slow growth, late weaning and low production rates, long juvenile period and late age of maturity and a long life span.

Question 11

Unpredictable Environments

Answer 11

Fruiting is especially variable and in any given year