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Eggs hatch in the order they are laid
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Asynchronous hatching
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Reproduce once every other year
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Biennials
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Strong competitors; low disturbance and stress to their environment
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Competitive plants
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Temporarily suspended development in mammals, embryo doesn't implant in the placenta
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Delayed implantation
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Temporarily suspended development in insects
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Diapause
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Movement of organisms/propagules from their birthplace; nondirectional
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Dispersal
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Temporarily suspended development in seeds
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Dormancy
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High juvenile survival, low fecundity, and late maturity
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Equilibrium life history
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Low metabolic rate and increased body temperature, during summer, extended lengths of times
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Estivation
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Quick use of resources
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Exploitation competition
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Limited energy outside the body; ex: lack of food
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External constraints
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Average number of offspring produced by a female while she is of age (x) Fx in a life table
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Fecundity
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An interaction in which species are territorial
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Interference competition
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Limited energy inside the body; ex: can only make so much energy
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Internal constraints
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Many reproductive periods in lifetime
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Iteroparity
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