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The Cost of Reproduction in Annual Meadow Grass
Abstract
Studies of the evolution of life histories assume that there are costs to reproduction, although there is little experimental evidence for their existence. In this paper some populations of annual meadow grass (Poa annua L.) are analyzed, to test for the existence of these costs. The results show that there is a price to be paid for high rates of reproduction early in life, in lower rates and smaller plant size subsequently. There are also signs that high rates of reproduction very early in life increase subsequent risks of mortality. A possible form for the relationship is considered from a model of reproduction, growth, and survival. The implications of the observed and predicted costs to the evolution of life histories in annual meadow grass are discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Law, R.
- Venue
- The American Naturalist
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1979-01
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-16
- ISSN
- 0003-0147 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5323
- OpenAlex
- W2764483196
- Cited by
- 196
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 17.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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