Testing small clutch size models with Daphnia

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 880-887

  Guinnee, Meghan A ^a   West, Stuart A ^a   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Daphnia magna; Egg size; Litter size; Resource allocation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; DAPHNIA; DIET; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETIC SELECTION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; DAPHNIA; DIET; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OVUM; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 3042761362     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386553     Document Type: Article

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