Why do large mothers produce large offspring? Theory and a test

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 348-359

  Sakai, S ^a   Harada, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capacity of resource transport; Metabolic factors; Offspring size; Resource extraction rate of offspring; Sink limitation; Size number trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MODEL; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ERYTHRONIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 0035092980     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319194     Document Type: Article

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