Comment on “The Illusion of Invariant Quantities in Life Histories”

Authors

V. M. Savage
Ethan P. White, Utah State UniversityFollow
M. E. Moses
S.K. Morgan Ernest, Utah State UniversityFollow
B. J. Enquist
E. L. Charnov

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Science

Volume

312

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Publication Date

2006

First Page

198

Abstract

Nee et al. (Reports, 19 August 2005, p. 1236) used a null model to argue that life history invariants are illusions. We show that their results are largely inconsequential for life history theory because the authors confound two definitions of invariance, and rigorous analysis of their null model demonstrates that it does not match observed data.

Recommended Citation

Savage, V.M., E.P. White, M.E. Moses, S.K.M. Ernest, B.J. Enquist, E.L. Charnov. 2006. Comment on “The Illusion of Invariant Quantities in Life Histories”. Science 312:198b