Why does a grasshopper have fewer, larger offspring at its range limits?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 267-276

  Hassall, M ^a   Walters, R J ^a,c   Telfer, M ^b,d   Hassall, M R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Thermal reaction norms; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASSHOPPER; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPER; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPERS; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHORTHIPPUS BRUNNEUS;

EID: 33645060490     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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