Offspring size variation within broods as a bet-hedging strategy in unpredictable environments

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2506-2517

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a   Bonduriansky, Russell ^b   Bussière, Luc F ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg size; Environmental variation; Life history; Marine invertebrates; Maternal effect; Offspring size fitness; Optimality; Reproductive strategy; Seed size; Unpredictable environments

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED SIZE;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 54549111429     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0267.1     Document Type: Article

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