Evolutionary ecology of progeny size in arthropods

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2000, Pages 341-369

  Fox, Charles W ^a   Czesak, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg size; Geographic variation; Life history; Natural selection; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OVUM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034127445     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.341     Document Type: Article

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