The relationship between offspring size and performance in the sea

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-224

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a   Keough, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg size; Maternal effects; Transgenerational plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; EGG SIZE; FITNESS; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRYOZOA; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRYOZOA; EVOLUTION; LARVA; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA; WATERSIPORA SUBTORQUATA;

EID: 40049091138     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524954     Document Type: Article

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