Dyar's rule and the investment principle: Optimal moulting strategies if feeding rate is size-dependent and growth is discontinuous

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1349, 1997, Pages 113-138

  Hutchinson, John M C ^a   McNamara, John M ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a,b   Vollrath, Fritz ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

BODY SIZE; DYAR'S RULE; FEEDING RATE; INVESTMENT PRINCIPLE; MOULT;

EID: 0030790960     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0007     Document Type: Review

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