Female crickets trade offspring viability for fecundity

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1617-1623

  Simmons, L W ^a   Garcia Gonzalez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo viability; Female fecundity; Field crickets; Life history trade off; Maternal fitness; Paternal effects; Polyandry; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRICKET; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; PATERNAL EFFECT; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; OVARY;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 34250786955     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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