Resource Allocation in Offspring Provisioning: An Evaluation of the Conditions Favoring the Evolution of Matrotrophy

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 574-585

  Trexler, Joel C ^a   DeAngelis, Donald L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Lecithotrophy; Life history; Matrotrophy; Poecilia latipinna; Trade off; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIFE HISTORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EGG YOLK; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FISH; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; POECILIA; POECILIA LATIPINNA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345581391     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378822     Document Type: Article

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