Optimal offspring provisioning when egg size is "constrained": A case study with the painted turtle Chrysemys picta

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-151

  Rollinson, Njal ^a   Brooks, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATERNAL CARE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; HEXAPODA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 36749053538     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16088.x     Document Type: Article

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