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developmental constraints — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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developmental constraints

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 69 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on developmental constraints with 69 nodes and 141 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Marmota flaviventris, Bombus.

Definition

Limitations on optimal early reproduction due to developmental or social conditions that delay reproductive maturity, such as food availability or social factors

Related Terms (4)

developmental factorstime constrainthabitat permanenceseasonal constraint

Publications (3)

Developmental and social constraints on early reproduction in an asocial ground squirrel

2018Journal of Zoology

Diet and a developmental time constraint alter life-history trade-offs in a caddis fly (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)

2008Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Solitary behavior in a high-altitude population of the social sweat bee <i></i>Halictus rubicundus<i></i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

1996Behav Ecol Sociobiol

Related Concepts (10)

age at first reproduction

phenomenon2 shared papers

Chick survival rates

measurement1 shared paper

Petersen mark-recapture method

process1 shared paper

caste system

phenomenon1 shared paper

slow-fast continuum

framework1 shared paper

pond hydroperiod

phenomenon1 shared paper

evaporative water loss

process1 shared paper

hibernation energetics

process1 shared paper

Alpine habitat

land use1 shared paper

reproductive competition

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae2 papers

Spermophilus

Sciuridae2 papers

Diptera

Mustela

Mustelidae1 paper

Hymenoptera

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae1 paper

Limnephilus externus

Limnephilidae1 paper

Anabolia bimaculata

Limnephilidae1 paper

Urocitellus columbianus

Sciuridae1 paper

Apis mellifera