A new look at relationships between size at maturity and asymptotic size

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 470-479

  Stamps, J A ^a   Mangel, M ^b   Phillips, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic size; Costs of reproduction; Growth; Life history; Maturation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH; MODEL; SIZE AT MATURITY;

IGUANA IGUANA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031655729     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286183     Document Type: Article

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