Concepts

Selection where individual fitness depends on the local frequency rather than global frequency, creating population structure with groups varying in genetic and phenotypic composition

Demographic models that project population dynamics using continuous size or stage distributions

Per-capita population growth rate λ calculated as the dominant eigenvalue of the projection matrix at equilibrium

A gradual change in a trait across an environmental gradient, where width is expected to be proportional to dispersal distance divided by square root of difference in selection between ends of the cli...

Theory suggesting that offspring sex ratios might vary according to maternal condition, hence females should vary the sex of their offspring according to their ability to physically invest in their of...

Population growth rate (λ) integrating all vital rate components equivalent to average fitness component across a lineage or population

Behavioral patterns acquired through experience rather than innate programming