Concepts
4 concepts
theory
early-life trade-offs
The concept that organisms face competing demands for limited resources during development that create trade-offs between different fitness components
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metapopulation structure
The spatial arrangement and connectivity of subpopulations across a landscape that influences local population dynamics
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behavioral syndromes
Correlations between multiple repeatable, individually distinct behaviors that form consistent behavioral patterns across situations
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demographic social roles
The idea that individuals of different age-sex categories contribute differently to social structure and cohesion
