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Just a restatement of K vs r theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory

• enriquto 6y ago
  it doesn't seem so... can't either selection strategies be used independently by specialists and generalists?
  • blaser-waffle 6y ago
    Yeah it's not quite a 1-to-1 comparison. Close, and I can see the overlap, but K/r is about low effort spamming vs. high investment intensive building. Nothing says you can't spam specialist, niche offspring -- works well for certain kids of ants. Likewise you can spam generalist spawn as well, hoping that they'll be well rounded enough to get by in several different scenarios.
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• wiz21c 6y ago
  I thought it was K&R ...
• Icathian 6y ago
  Really it's more akin to succession I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_succession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_succession