Controlling resource acquisition to reveal a life history trade-off: Egg mass and clutch size in an iteroparous seed predator, Prostephanus truncatus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-270

  Guntrip, J ^a   Sibly, R M ^a   Smith, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg mass; Life history; Resource alloca ion; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG MASS; EGG PRODUCTION; LIFE HISTORY; SEED PREDATOR; TRADE-OFF;

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0030769989     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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