Revisiting the positive correlation between female size and egg size

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-429

  Hendry, Andrew P ^a   Day, Troy ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Incubation; Maternal effects; Offspring survival; Survival to emergence; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342263606     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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