Corticosterone manipulation reveals differences in hierarchical organization of multidimensional reproductive trade-offs in r-strategist and K-strategist females

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 556-565

  Lancaster, L T ^a   Hazard, L C ^b   Clobert, J ^c   Sinervo, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

Endocrine hormones; Income vs. capital breeding; Life history strategy; Offspring quantity vs. quality; Polymorphism; Predation vs. foraging; R vs. K selection; Reptile; Stress; Survival vs. reproduction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

BREEDING; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; MORTALITY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTION; SEX HORMONE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; OOCYTE; OVIPARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RANDOMIZATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; OVIPARITY; OVUM; PIGMENTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; UTA; UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 38849096593     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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