Resources and offspring provisioning: A test of the Trexler-DeAngelis model for matrotrophy evolution

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3014-3020

  Marsh Matthews, Edie ^a   Deaton, Raelynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Sam Houston State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lecithotrophy; Matrotrophy; Offspring number; Offspring provisioning; Offspring size; Poeciliid; Resource availability; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FISH; FOOD PROVISIONING; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVOVIVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVOVIVIPARITY; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

GAMBUSIA GEISERI; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 33845710636     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3014:RAOPAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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