Do Bertalanffy's growth curves result from optimal resource allocation?

被引:74
作者
Czarnoleski, M [1 ]
Kozlowski, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Jagiellonian Univ, Inst Environm Biol, PL-30063 Krakow, Poland
关键词
Bertalanffy's equation; growth curves; indeterminate growth; life history evolution; optimal resource allocation; optimization models; reproduction; seasonality; trade-off;
D O I
10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.0007b.x
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Bertalanffy's equation is commonly used to model indeterminate growth. Bertalanffy claimed that this growth pattern results from growth potential decreasing with age. An alternative approach provided by life history theory predicts that indeterminate growth is optimal for organisms in a seasonal environment and results not from decreasing growth potential but from allocating increasingly less energy with age into growth, and more into reproduction. Bertalanffy's curves are the result of evolutionary optimization and should not be used in optimization models as an assumption, but they can be used as a tool to describe the indeterminate growth pattern phenomenologically. (C) 1998 Blackwell Science Ltd/CNRS.
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