Reducing losses to offspring mortality by redistributing resources

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 786-792

  Greeff, J M ^a,b   Storhas, M G ^a   Michiels, N K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Embryo mortality; Flatworms; Offspring packaging; Offspring size number; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033427022     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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