Maternal effects in Daphnia: What mothers are telling their offspring and do they listen?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-71

  LaMontagne, J M ^a   McCauley, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daphnia pulex; Dynamic response; Energy allocation; Maternal effects; Predator prey; Resting egg production; Variable environment

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; MATERNAL EFFECT; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0035121499     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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