Does interspecific competition affect offspring provisioning?

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 487-495

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a   Keough, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg size; Marine bryozoan; Offspring size; Phenotypic plasticity; Watersipora subtorquata

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAMORPHOSIS; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRYOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRYOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BRYOZOA; GYMNOLAEMATA; WATERSIPORA SUBTORQUATA;

EID: 63849198232     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0320.1     Document Type: Article

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