Insular shifts and trade-offs in life-history traits in pond frogs in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-73

  Wang, Y ^a,b,c   Li, Y ^a   Wu, Z ^d   Murray, B R ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Clutch size; Egg size; Insular shifts; Life history theory; Total reproductive effort; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; FROG; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TAXONOMY; TRADE-OFF;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG; ZHOUSHAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; RANA NIGROMACULATA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65249176388     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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