Growth or reproduction? Resource allocation by female frogs Rana temporaria

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-546

  Lardner, Björn ^a   Loman, Jon ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Anurans; Clutch size; Egg size; Feeding

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; FROG; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVUM; RANIDAE; SEASONS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345530951     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1390-5     Document Type: Article

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