CSIR-NET: Compared to K-selection, r-selection favors:
Selection in frequently disturbed or short-lived habitats favors rapid maturation and high early reproductive output because delaying reproduction risks dying before breeding. Semelparity can fit this strategy when one large reproductive effort maximizes offspring production under low adult survival. Rapid development is therefore consistent with the classical r-selected end of the continuum, while large body size and repeated, carefully supported breeding are more often linked with K selection. Survivorship and reproductive schedules are connected through allocation. An organism has finite en
Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 12
