Life History Evolution -

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Résumé :

Provides a timely and authoritative account of Life History Evolution by a multidisciplinary team of scholars and researchers from around the world

Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications presents a cutting-edge synthesis of the mechanisms driving life history strategies that span the breadth of taxa, from bacteria to humans. Integrating classical and contemporary perspectives, this comprehensive volume addresses how organisms evolve traits in response to diverse ecological pressures. Editors Michal Segoli and Eric Wajnberg bring together leading experts to explore the intersection of evolutionary biology, ecology, and applied research, focusing on the evolving complexity of life history traits and their implications.

In-depth yet accessible chapters cover a broad spectrum of life history traits, from classical traits of lifespan and reproduction to more complex interactions like social behaviour, predator-prey dynamics, and human-induced evolutionary processes. The contributing authors explain essential concepts, identify critical knowledge gaps, discuss future research directions, and demonstrate the relevance of life history evolution in addressing climate change, species invasion, pollution, and more.

Providing a well-balanced understanding of life history traits and their implications, Life History Evolution:

• Incorporates recent advances in evolutionary theory, including eco-evolutionary feedback loops and anthropogenic impacts
• Offers diverse perspectives and original research from leading experts in fields such as evolutionary biology, ecology, entomology, zoology, agriculture, and veterinary medicine
• Discusses life history evolution in the context of co-evolved interactions such as predator-prey, parasite-host, plant-herbivore, and endosymbiont-host relationships
• Provides an overview of the foundational theory, recent developments, and current thinking in the field
• Features numerous case studies that highlight real-world applications in biological control, wildlife management, climate change adaptation, and others

Revealing how life history traits shape the evolutionary strategies of organisms, Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers in ecological science. It is an ideal textbook for courses in evolutionary ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, environmental science, and environmental management....

Biographie:

Michal Segoli is an evolutionary and behavioural ecologist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, where she teaches courses in life history evolution, evolutionary ecology, and conservation biological control.

Eric Wajnberg is a population biologist affiliated with INRIA and INRAE in France and USP/ESALQ in Brazil. With 40 years of experience, he focuses on population genetics, behavioural ecology, and statistical modeling....

Sommaire:

List of Contributors xv

Foreword xix

Preface xxiii

Part I Traits 1

1 Body Size and Timing of Maturation 3
Toomas Tammaru and Tiit Teder

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 Part I 3

1.3 Part II 13

1.4 Conclusions 18

Acknowledgements 18

References 18

2 Evolution of Ageing and Lifespan 29
Alexei A. Maklakov

2.1 Introduction 29

2.2 Evolutionary Theory of Ageing 30

2.3 Asynchronous Ageing 38

2.4 Sex Differences in Ageing 40

2.5 Williams and Anti-Williams: Age, Density and Condition-Dependence of Mortality 42

2.6 Concluding Remarks 43

Acknowledgements 43

References 43

3 Offspring Size and Life History Theory: What Do We Know?: What Do We Still Need to Learn? 49
Dustin J. Marshall

3.1 Offspring Size Defined 49

3.2 The Knowns 49

3.3 The Unknowns 55

References 57

4 The Evolution of Insect Egg Loads: The Balance of Time and Egg Limitation 61
Michal Segoli, Miriam Kishinevsky, and George E. Heimpel

4.1 Trade-Offs Between Early and Late Components of Reproduction 61

4.2 Time vs. Egg Limitation in Insects 61

4.3 Egg Maturation Patterns 62

4.4 The Relative Importance of Egg and Time Limitation 62

4.5 Additional Life History Strategies to Overcome the Risk of Egg Limitation 68

4.6 Conclusions and Future Directions 69

Acknowledgements 69

References 70

5 Sex-Specific Life Histories 77
Hanna Kokko

5.1 Introduction 77

5.2 Various Unidirectional Effects: Unguarded X, Mother's Curse and Toxic Y 78

5.3 Multi-directionality: Coevolution of Different Traits 79

5.4 Towards Progress 90

Acknowledgements 91

References 91

6 Parental Care and Life History 97
Hope Klug and Michael B. Bonsall

6.1 What Is Parental Care and How Does It Relate to Life History? 97

6.2 Distinguishing Between the Origin and the Maintenance of Parental Care 98

6.3 Life History and the Origin of Parental Care 98

6.4 Life History and the Maintenance of Parental Care 100

6.5 Co-evolution Between Parental Care, Offspring Traits and Parental Traits 101

6.6 Sexual Selection, Life History and Sex Differences in Parental Care 102

6.7 Stochasticity, Environmental Variability, Life History and Parental Care 104

6.8 Plasticity and the Evolution of Parental Care 106

6.9 Final Conclusions and Future Directions 108

Acknowledgements 108

References 108

7 Sex Allocation 113
Jun Abe and Stuart A. West

7.1 Introduction 113

7.2 Fisher's Theory 113

7.3 Interaction with Relatives 115

7.4 Environmental Condition 120

7.5 Future Directions 126

Acknowledgements 126

References 126

8 Life History Evolution: Complex Life Cycles Across Animal Diversity 131
Andreas Heyland, Konstantin Khalturin, and Vincent Laudet

8.1 Integration of Metamorphic Development Within the Life Cycle 131

8.2 The Regulation of Metamorphic Development by Hormones 131

8.3 Review of Metamorphic Mechanisms Across Taxa with Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations 132

8.4 Anthropogenic Environmental Impacts and Global Climate Change 144

References 145

9 Social Living and Life History Evolution, with a Focus on Ageing and Longevity 155
Judith Korb and Volker Nehring

9.1 Introduction 155

9.2 Ultimate Causes of Long Reproductive Lifespans 156

9.3 Colony Life History in Obligatory Eusocial Insects 162...