Population density, body size, and phenotypic plasticity of brood size in a burying beetle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1031-1036

  Creighton, J Curtis ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood size; Burying beetle; Clutch size; Maternal effects; Nicrophorus; Phenotypic plasticity; Transgenerational phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS ORBICOLLIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26444464887     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari084     Document Type: Article

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