Insurance reproductive value and facultative brood reduction

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-290

  Lamey, Timothy C ^a,b   Evans, Roger M ^a   Hunt, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REDUCTION; CLUTCH SIZE; INSURANCE REPRODUCTIVE VALUE;

EID: 0030302021     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546067     Document Type: Article

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