First grow, then breed and finally get fat: Hierarchical allocation to life-history traits in a lizard with invariant clutch size

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 595-601

  Kubička, Lukáš ^a   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Canalization; Egg size; Geckos; Nutrition; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); CLUTCH SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; EGG SIZE; FITNESS; FOOD LIMITATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

GEKKONIDAE; PAROEDURA PICTA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 66149161459     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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