Does within-population variation in fish egg size reflect maternal influences on optimal values?

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 756-765

  Einum, Sigurd ^a,b   Fleming, Ian A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Coadaptation; Life history correlations; Maternal phenotype; Reproductive traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EGG SIZE; FISH; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 0036927547     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343876     Document Type: Article

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