Comment on "The illusion of invariant quantities in life histories".

Van M. Savage; Ethan P. White; Melanie E. Moses; S. K.Morgan Ernest; Brian J. Enquist; Eric L. Charnov

doi:10.1126/science.1123679

Comment on "The illusion of invariant quantities in life histories".

Van M. Savage, Ethan P. White, Melanie E. Moses, S. K.Morgan Ernest, Brian J. Enquist, Eric L. Charnov

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Nee et al. (Reports, 19 August 2005, p. 1236) used a null model to argue that life history invariants are illusions. We show that their results are largely inconsequential for life history theory because the authors confound two definitions of invariance, and rigorous analysis of their null model demonstrates that it does not match observed data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	198; author reply 198
Journal	Science
Volume	312
Issue number	5771
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1123679
State	Published - Apr 14 2006

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