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q-bio.PE2025
Fluctuating Environments Favor Extreme Reproductive Delays and Penalize Intermediate Ones
Jorge Hidalgo, Lorenzo Fant, Rafael Rubio de Casas +1
The timing of reproduction is crucial for biological fitness. Reproductive delays carry an inherent demographic cost: an individual that takes longer to reproduce contributes later…
q-bio.PE2015
Environmental unpredictability and inbreeding depression select for mixed dispersal syndromes
Jorge Hidalgo, Rafael Rubio de Casas, Miguel A. Munoz
Mixed dispersal syndromes have historically been regarded as bet-hedging mechanisms that enhance survival in unpredictable environments, ensuring that some propagules stay in the m…