We present a novel perspective on life‐history evolution that combines recent theoretical
advances in fluctuating density‐dependent selection with the notion of pace‐of‐life …

Animals exhibit an extraordinary diversity of life history strategies. These realized
combinations of survival, development and reproduction are predicted to be constrained by …

This introduction to the topical collection on Pace-of-life syndromes: a framework for the
adaptive integration of behaviour, physiology, and life history provides an overview of …

The identification of patterns in life-history strategies across the tree of life is essential to our
prediction of population persistence, extinction, and diversification. Plants exhibit a wide …

We propose a new method to estimate and correct for phylogenetic inertia in comparative
data analysis. The method, called phylogenetic eigenvector regression (PVR) starts by …

Many life-history traits co-vary across species, even when body size differences are
controlled for. This phenomenon has led to the concept of a “fast-slow continuum,” which …

Metabolic rates and life history strategies are both thought to set the “pace of life”, but
whether they evolve in tandem is not well understood. Here, using a common garden …

Interspecific comparisons have played a prominent role in evolutionary biology at least since
the time of Charles Darwin. Since 1985, the “comparative method” has been revitalized by …

We use the phylogenetically based statistical method of independent contrasts to reanalyze
the Wolf et al., 1996translocation data set for 181 programs involving 17 mammalian and 28 …

One of the central questions of conservation biology is what life-history traits render a
species prone to extinction. We addressed this problem by calculating extinction rates for 35 …