Parental effects on offspring life histories: When are they important?

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-265

  Donelson, Jennifer M ^a   Munday, Philip L ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensatory mechanisms; Coral reef fish; Environmental variability; Food availability; Intergenerational interactions; Parental effects

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COMPENSATION; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PERCIFORM;

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FOOD; HATCHING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PERCIFORMES;

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS; ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 65349178975     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0642     Document Type: Article

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