Code from: A disturbing view of life history evolution

Code files and figures from life history simulations modelling a disturbance regime on life history combinations to consider the effect of disturbance on fitness (measured with a framework considering resistance and recovery). No data is needed as it is simulated within the code scripts; the included supplemental files contain all of the information necessary to support the research findings.
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## **GENERAL INFORMATION**

This README.txt file was updated on 23/10/2025.

**A. Paper associated with this archive**

Citation: Murray, K.I., Townley, S. and Hodgson, D., 2025. A Disturbing View of Life History Evolution. *The American Naturalist*.

Brief abstract: Species’ lifetime schedules of survival, growth and reproduction generally assort along a principal axis of variation called the “fast-slow” continuum, with positions attributed to the value of producing many, fragile offspring early, versus few, high-quality offspring later. Fast species are classically associated with surplus or pulsed resources, and slow species with stable, limiting resources. Here we demonstrate that the fast-slow continuum can also emerge as a zone of highest fitness in the face of unpredictable, catastrophic, demographic disturbances, regardless of resource supply, competition, or life history trade-offs. Our resilience framework measures resi...,