Maternal effects of egg size in brown trout (Salmo trutta): Norms of reaction to environmental quality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1433, 1999, Pages 2095-2100

  Einum, Sigurd ^a,b   Fleming, Ian A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Egg size; Evolution; Maternal effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norms; Selection

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; SALMONID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH; FITNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TROUT;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALMONIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033595818     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0893     Document Type: Article

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