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What are the three life history trade-offs? |
Reproduction and Survival, Reproduction and Growth, Number and Size of Offspring |
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What are the factors to Reproduction and Survival? |
Big-bang reproducers such as salmon make a single, exponentially high investment, then die shortly afterward. |
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What are the factors to Reproduction and Growth? |
Beech trees grow much more slowly in the years when they produce many seeds than they do in years when they produce a few seeds. |
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What are the factors in Number and Size of Offspring? |
Female lizards of the species Uta stansburiana produce medium-size eggs as a compromise between a large number of small eggs (with poor survival of offspring) and few large eggs (with better survival of offspring). |
