Maternal nutritional condition and genetic differentiation affect brood size and offspring body size in Nicrophorus

Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 360-368

  Steiger, Sandra ^a   Richter, Katja ^a   Müller, Josef K ^a   Eggert, Anne Katrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Brood size; Burying beetle; Infanticide; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS DEFODIENS; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35649010444     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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