Should one invest more in larger broods? Not necessarily

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 574-581

  Tammaru, Toomas ^a   Hõrak, Peeter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033000896     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546708     Document Type: Review

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