Offspring size-number trade-off in a lizard with small clutch sizes: Tests of invariants and potential implications

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-372

  Uller, Tobias ^a,b   Olsson, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Ctenophorus fordi; Life history; Offspring mass

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; MASS; MODEL TEST; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

CTENOPHORUS FORDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 63849175208     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9231-3     Document Type: Article

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