Reproductive allometry and the size-number trade-off for lizards

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Warne, Robin W ^a   Charnov, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Life history; Lizards; Offspring size; Reproductive allometry; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DATA SET; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIZARD; PHYLOGENETICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 51549118241     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589880     Document Type: Article

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