Interspecific relationships between egg size and the level of parental investment per offspring in echinoderms

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-50

  McEdward, L R ^a   Morgan, K H ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; EGG SIZE; ENERGETICS; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035105668     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543083     Document Type: Article

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