Title: The Fallacy of the Averages in Ecological Optimization Theory
Abstract: Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsThe Fallacy of the Averages in Ecological Optimization TheoryAlan R. Templeton, and Lawrence R. LawlorAlan R. Templeton Search for more articles by this author , and Lawrence R. Lawlor Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 117, Number 3Mar., 1981 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/283719 Views: 11Total views on this site Citations: 30Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1981 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Mark Broom, Ross Cressman, Vlastimil Křivan , Journal of Theoretical Biology 483 ( 2019): 109993.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.109993Kimberley J Mathot, Anne-Lise Olsen, Ariane Mutzel, Yimen G Araya-Ajoy, Marion Nicolaus, David F Westneat, Jonathan Wright, Bart Kempenaers, Niels J Dingemanse, Bob Wong Provisioning tactics of great tits (Parus major) in response to long-term brood size manipulations differ across years, Behavioral Ecology 28, no.66 (Jun 2017): 1402–1413.https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx083P. 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Publication Date: 1981-03-01
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