The particular maternal effect of propagule size, especially egg size: Patterns, models, quality of evidence and interpretations'

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-236

  Bernardo, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.2.216     Document Type: Article

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