rselectie
R-selection (often written as r-selection or r-strategy) is an ecological and life-history concept describing a reproductive strategy that emphasizes high rates of population growth. Species adopting an r-strategy tend to produce many offspring with relatively little parental investment, aiming to exploit temporarily favorable conditions and colonize new or disturbed habitats. The symbol r refers to the intrinsic rate of increase in population growth, and r-selection contrasts with K-selection, which emphasizes maintaining populations near environmental carrying capacity.
Typical traits associated with r-selected species include small body size, short generation times, early maturity, high
The concept originated in the 1960s as part of life-history theory and was formalized by ecologists such
Examples of r-selected organisms include many insects, annual plants, weedy species, and some small vertebrates in