The influence of a positive correlation between clutch size and offspring fitness on the optimal offspring size

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 150-156

  McGinley, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

offspring size variation; Optimal investment in offspring; optimal offspring size

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; MATERNAL INVESTMENT; PREDATOR SATIATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0024916647     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: 15738477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02270917     Document Type: Article

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