Does optimal egg size vary with demographic stage because of a physiological constraint?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 522-529

  Bowden, R M ^a,b   Harms, H K ^a   Paitz, R T ^a   Janzen, F J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal hormones; Painted turtle; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EGG SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4043181937     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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