Scaling of gelatinous clutches: Effects of siblings' competition for oxygen on clutch size and parental investment per offspring

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-310

  Lee, Carol Eunmi ^a,c   Strathmann, Richard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Clutch; Egg mass; Gel; Oxygen diffusion; Sibling competition

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLUTCH SIZE; EVOLUTION; OXYGEN; SIBLING COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0031889354     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286120     Document Type: Article

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