Lifetime reproductive effort

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Charnov, Eric L ^a,b   Warne, Robin ^a   Moses, Melanie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensionless; Life history optimization; Lizards; Mammals; Williams's hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARD; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 36749002749     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522840     Document Type: Article

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