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Competitive stress and life-history mismatch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2025

Norman P. Li Open the ORCID record for Norman P. Li [Opens in a new window]  and
Amy J. Lim
Norman P. Li*
Affiliation:
Singapore Management University, School of Social Sciences, Singapore, Singapore normanli@smu.edu.sg
Amy J. Lim
Affiliation:
Murdoch Singapore Pte Ltd, School of Psychology, Singapore, Singapore amy.lim@murdoch.edu.au
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Abstract

Simulations, correlational studies, and laboratory experiments have recently shown that cues to high-resource competition may be steering individuals toward increasingly less favorable attitudes toward reproduction and slower life-history strategies. This work suggests that, alongside extrinsic mortality, it may be fruitful to examine the role of competitive stress cues in shaping life-history strategies.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 48 , 2025 , e113
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