Production of offspring using current income and reserves: Size-number trade-off and optimal offspring size

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-73

  Sakai, Satoki ^a   Harada, Yasushi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capital breeder; Income breeder; Optimal offspring size; Sink limitation; Size number trade off

Indexed keywords

TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; LITTER SIZE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 11144292162     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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