A general model for the scaling of offspring size and adult size

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-317

  Falster, Daniel S ^a   Moles, Angela T ^b   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Life history; Offspring size; Seed size; Smith Fretwell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEED SIZE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 51549107530     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589889     Document Type: Article

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