Abstract
Analytical and computer models were used to reexamine bet-hedging, the reduction in fecundity that is evolutionarily advantageous in conditions of greater variation in juvenile survivorship or less variation in adult survivorship. The computer simulation models represent diploid one-locus genetic systems with semidominance. Schaffer's (1974) predictions proved remarkably robust when variations were symmetrical, and a simple modification allowed successful prediction for the asymmetries that occurred in the computer simulations when variations were large.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 357-367 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Computers in Biology and Medicine |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1991 |
Keywords
- Bet-hedging
- Computer simulation
- Iteroparity
- Life-history theory
- Semelparity
- Temporal heterogeneity
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