Performance in a variable world: using Jensen’s inequality to scale up from individuals to populations
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DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coz053
Abstract: Body temperature affects plants’ and animals’ performance, but temperature varies through time within an individual and through space among individuals. Theory developed here predicts that, for an individual, variation reduces performance and contracts the range… read more here.
Keywords: jensen inequality; performance variable; variable world; performance ... See more keywords
Nature beyond Linearity: Meteorological Variability and Jensen's Inequality Can Explain Mast Seeding Behavior
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DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00134
Abstract: Mast seeding, the extremely variable and synchronised production of fruit, is a common reproductive behaviour in plants. Weather is centrally involved in driving masting. Yet, it is often claimed that it cannot be the sole… read more here.
Keywords: production; jensen inequality; fruit; mast seeding ... See more keywords