What is the best fitness measure in wild populations? A case study on the power of short-term fitness proxies to predict reproductive value
V. Z. Alif, J. Dunning, H. Y. J. Chik, T. Burke, J. Schroeder
This study compares short-term fitness proxies in wild birds to predict long-term reproductive values, finding that recruit-stage metrics provide the best predictions.
bioRxiv · Nov 19, 2021Evolutionary Biology