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Evolutionary biology

the prediction that reproductive effort rises as residual reproductive value falls, so aging or threatened individuals invest more in current reproduction.

In evolutionary biology, terminal investment hypothesis refers to the prediction that reproductive effort rises as residual reproductive value falls, so aging or threatened individuals invest more in current reproduction. This meaning comes from Clutton-Brock (1984) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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aging4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs current3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs effort2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Clutton-Brock, T. H. (1984). Reproductive Effort and Terminal Investment in Iteroparous Animals. The American Naturalist, 123(2), 212-229. https://doi.org/10.1086/284198

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