Diet, variance and individual variability in life-history

该项目旨在为生物学家提供新的统计工具，以改变分析范式。在许多物种中，饮食限制增加了平均寿命，影响了生长和繁殖的平均速度，也被称为“生活史”。最近开发的工具的使用表明，在饮食限制下，生活史的个体变异性似乎也会增加。这个项目将探讨饮食组成对生活史特征变异性的影响，以及驱动这种变异的因素。预计这将改善对营养环境变化影响的预测。

This project aims to provide biologists with novel statistical tools that will shift analytical paradigms. In many species, dietary restrictions increase average lifespan, and affect average rates of growth and reproduction, also known as ‘life history’. The use of recently developed tools has shown that individual variability in life history also appears to increase under dietary restrictions. This project will explore the effects of diet composition on variability in life-history traits, and the factors driving this variation. This is expected to improve the prediction of the effects of changing nutritional environments.