Life History Flashcards
1
Q
Life History
A
age, size, or stage-specific patterns of development, growth, maturation, reproduction, survival, and lifespan
2
Q
Life History Trade-offs
A
number vs size of offspring, number of offspring vs survival, survival vs reproduction
3
Q
Fecundity
A
potential reproductive capacity of an individual within a population
4
Q
Semelparity
A
Organism reproduces only once before dying and use most of their resource budget on one reproductive event
5
Q
Iteroparity
A
Reproduce multiple times throughout life