Within-clutch egg-size variation in a subsocial bug: The positional effect hypothesis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1540-1544

  Kudo, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS;

E. SIGNORETI; MORTALITY; SPATIAL POSITIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; INSECT; MATERNAL CARE; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ACANTHOSOMATIDAE; ELASMUCHA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33947194216     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-163     Document Type: Article

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