Search for dissertations about: "Life-history"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 228 swedish dissertations containing the word Life-history.

  2. 1. Sexual selection in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) : A life-history perspective

    Author : Anna Qvarnström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Sexual selection; life-history; honest signalling; fighting ability; genotype-environment interaction; direct benefits; indirect benefits; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

    Abstract : This thesis integrates sexual selection theory with life history theory to elucidate the causes and consequences of variation in a male secondary sexual trait. The model organism, the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), was studied on Gotland, Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 2. Condition-dependence in life history evolution

    Author : Foteini Spagopoulou; Alexei Maklakov; Lars Gustafsson; Russell Bonduriansky; Pat Monaghan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ageing; senescence; nongenetic inheritance; sex differences; condition-dependence; life history; trade-off; Ficedula albicollis; Caenorhabditis remanei; Telostylinus angusticollis; Biologi med inriktning mot zooekologi; Biology with specialization in Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : Ageing is the progressive physiological deterioration that appears with increasing age and eventually leads to a decline in survival and reproduction. This physiological process is omnipresent across the tree of life, but the expected trajectory can widely vary between and within species. READ MORE

  5. 3. Reproduction and moult in pied and collared flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca and F. albicollis) : A life-history approach

    Author : Christer Hemborg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Breeding time; Costs of reproduction; Long-distance migrant; Moult-breeding overlap; Sexual conflict; Survival probability; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the trade-offs between investments in reproduction and self-maintenance (moult) in pied and collared flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca and F. albicollis). These two long-distance migratory passerine bird species were studied on the breeding grounds in Fennoscandia and in England. READ MORE

  6. 4. Causes and consequences of life-history variation : The effects of parasites, glucocorticoids, and environmental conditions in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

    Author : Kevin Fletcher; Lars Gustafsson; Anders Pape Moller; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Collard flycatcher; Haemosporidian blood parasite; glucocorticoid; life history;

    Abstract : Life-history is the study of all the different stages of life that affect reproductive success and survival between the birth and death of an organism. The reproductive output of an organism is constrained by many things including time, resource, disease agents and environmental conditions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Life history evolution in a bivoltine butterfly

    Author : Helena Larsdotter Mellström; Christer Wiklund; Klaus Fischer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bivoltine; Diapause; Lepidoptera; Life history; Mating system; Pheromone; Polyphenism; Population density; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : Evolution is not always straight-forward, as selection pressures may differ between different generations of the same species. This thesis focuses on the evolution of life history of the model species, the Green-veined White butterfly Pieris napi. In central Sweden P. napi has two generations per year. READ MORE