Evolutionary consequences of age-specific harvesting: age at first reproduction

Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate harvest-induced evolution in life-history strategies of a harvested single-species population. In particular, we analyze evolution of the trait age at first reproduction. The population is grouped into four age classes, namely, zero-year-olds (newborn...

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Main Authors: Kornkanok Bunwong, Wichuta Sae-jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-06-01
Series:Advances in Difference Equations
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13662-017-1214-2