best of a bad lot mechanism

Local Knowledge Graph (16 entities)

Loading graph...

Knowledge graph centered on best of a bad lot mechanism with 16 nodes and 44 connections. Top connected: phenotypic plasticity, intraspecific variation, density dependence, facultative paedomorphosis, mark-recapture (Ambystomatidae).

Definition

Paedomorphosis becomes the preferred life strategy when growing conditions such as prey abundance, water temperature, and population density are poor, so individuals opt to cut losses and become sexually mature while retaining juvenile aquatic traits