Experimental manipulation of female reproduction reveals an intraspecific egg size-clutch size trade-off

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1465, 2001, Pages 423-428

  Williams, T D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; Physiological manipulation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035931885     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1374     Document Type: Article

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