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| Life history | The schedule of an organism's growth, development, reproduction, and survival.
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| Fecundity | The number of offspring produced by an organism per reproductive episode.
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| Parity | The number of reproductive episodes an organism experiences.
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| Parental investment | The amount of time and energy given to an offspring by its parents.
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| Longevity | The life span of an organism. Also known as Life Expectancy.
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| Principle of Allocation | The observation that when resources are devoted to one body structure, physiological function, or behavior, they cannot be allotted to another.
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| Coefficient of determination (R2) | An index that tells us how well data fit to a line.
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| Determinate growth | A growth pattern in which an individual does not grow any more once it initiates reproduction.
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| Indeterminate growth | A growth pattern in which an individual continues to grow after it initiates reproduction.
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| Semelparity | When organisms reproduce only once during their life.
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| Iteroparity | When organisms reproduce multiple times during their life.
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| Annual | An organism that has a life span of one year.
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| Perennial | An organism that has a life span of more than one year.
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| Senescence | A gradual decrease in fecundity and an increase in the probability of mortality.
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| Photoperiod | The amount of light that occurs each day.
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