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bet-hedging

Scope: evolution
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on bet-hedging with 12 nodes and 26 connections. Top connected: phenotypic plasticity, Bees per person hour sampling, Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is, growing degree days, Reciprocal egg-transfer experiment for bee larval survival (Megachilidae).

Definition

Life-history strategy that reduces variance in fitness at the expense of lower mean fitness by producing multiple phenotypes

Related Terms (1)

diversified bet-hedging

Publications (1)

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Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is affected by temperature and season length in a high-elevation solitary bee

2019American Naturalistframework

Related Concepts (4)

phenotypic plasticity

process1 shared paper

growing degree days

measurement1 shared paper

voltinism

phenomenon1 shared paper

parsivoltinism

phenomenon1 shared paper