Concepts

Hypothesis that populations may be buffered from adverse climatic effects when vital rates with high impacts on population growth exhibit the least temporal variability

Assumes that antipredator adaptations evolve together and thus prey may respond to extinct predators as long as they have experience with other predators.

The hypothesis that the more an individual interacts with others, the less likely they are to disperse

The hypothesis that play provides an opportunity to practice and refine skills that will be needed later in adulthood