Within-clutch variation in propagule size: The double-fault model

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-150

  Forbes, L Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DIASPORE; FITNESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0032890921     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546800     Document Type: Review

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