Offspring size-number trade-offs in scorpions: An empirical test of the van Noordwijk and de Jong model

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2184-2190

  Brown, Christopher A ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnids; Body size; Centruroides vittatus; Life history theory; Reproductive allocation; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CENTRUROIDES; CENTRUROIDES VITTATUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0141762543     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00397.x     Document Type: Article

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