Although reproductive strategies can be influenced by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic
factors, life history theory provides a rigorous framework for explaining variation in …

Context-dependent allocation of resources drives trade-offs among fitness-related traits and
other phenotypes to which those traits are linked. In addition, the amount and type of …

1. Maternal effects describe how mothers influence offspring life histories. In many taxa,
maternal effects arise by differential resource allocation to young, often identified by …

Few studies have quantified the repeatability of reproductive decisions by individuals or
assessed their relationship with environmental variables over multiple seasons for long …

Dit proefschrift is het resultaat van een vergelijkend onderzoek naar de populatiedynamica
van Zilvermeeuwen en Kleine Mantelmeeuwen in de westelijke Waddenzee, opgezet zodat …

Human activities can induce significant behavioural changes in wildlife. Often explored
through extractive interactions (eg hunting) that can favour certain behavioural traits, the …

Identifying the relative contributions of genetic, maternal, and environmental factors to
phenotypic variation is critical for evaluating the evolutionary potential of fitness‐related …

In the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) and red‐eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta), the
temperature that eggs are exposed to during incubation determines the sex of the …

Understanding how potential predator cues and habitat features affect predation of turtle
nests is important because nest predators can influence the demographic structure of turtle …

Dietary specialization has been described across a wide range of taxa in the animal
kingdom. Fitness consequences are, however, not well documented. We examined the …