Joint effects of maternal and offspring sizes on clutch mass and fecundity in plants and animals

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Visman, Vanessa ^a   Pesant, Stéphane ^a   Dion, Jérôme ^a   Shipley, Bill ^a,b   Peters, Robert H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Clutch mass; Fecundity; Reproduction; Seeds

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; REPTILIA;

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH MASS; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030441497     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682328     Document Type: Article

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