dc.contributor.author | Frankenhuis, W | |
dc.contributor.author | Nettle, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Dall, SRX | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-11T10:45:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-02-25 | |
dc.description.abstract | There is enduring debate over the question which early life effects are adaptive and which ones
are not. Mathematical modelling shows that early life effects can be adaptive in environments
that have particular statistical properties, such as reliable cues to current conditions and high
autocorrelation of environmental states. However, few empirical studies have measured these
properties, leading to an impasse. Progress, therefore, depends on research that quantifies cue
reliability and autocorrelation of environmental parameters in real environments. These
statistics may be different for social and non-social aspects of the environment. In this paper, we
summarise evolutionary models of early life effects. Then we discuss empirical data on
environmental statistics from a range of disciplines. We highlight cases where data on
environmental statistics have been used to test competing explanations of early-life effects. We
conclude by providing guidelines for new data collection and reflections on future directions. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Leverhulme Trust | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 374 (1770). Published online 25 February 2019. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rstb.2018.0110 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | IN-2014-031 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/35097 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Royal Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2019 The Authors. Open Access. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
dc.subject | evolution | en_GB |
dc.subject | development | en_GB |
dc.subject | environmental statistics | en_GB |
dc.subject | early life effects | en_GB |
dc.subject | sensitive periods | en_GB |
dc.title | A case for environmental statistics of early life effects | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-11T10:45:19Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8436 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from The Royal Society via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-11-29 | |
exeter.funder | ::Leverhulme Trust | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2018-11-29 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2018-12-10T16:09:05Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-05-17T09:30:18Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |