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. 1980 Dec;77(12):7497–7500. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.12.7497

A species near its equilibrium size in a fluctuating environment can evolve a lower intrinsic rate of increase

David G Heckel 1, Jonathan Roughgarden 1
PMCID: PMC350532  PMID: 16592938

Abstract

In one specific model of a density-regulated population undergoing natural selection in a fluctuating environment there is a systematic evolutionary pressure favoring a lower intrinsic rate of increase, which can sometimes even overcome an evolutionary pressure favoring a higher carrying capacity.

Keywords: density-dependent selection, evolutionary ecology, stochastic environments

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