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Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

Authors: Boggs, C. L.ORCID
Year: 2009
Journal: Functional Ecology, Vol. 23, pp. 27-37
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01527.x
Keywords: NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY, CONSTRAINTS

Abstract

An allocation framework is developed, which provides a template for conceptualizing the interactions among resource acquisition, allocation and life- history traits, and fosters a mechanistic understanding of life-history patterns, and the beginning of an understanding of the processes underlying those patterns.

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