Guppies control offspring size at birth in response to differences in population sex ratio

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 414-419

  Barbosa, Miguel ^a   Magurran, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal allocation; Offspring provisioning; OSR; Reproductive success; Stress

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; TELEOST;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 77954094645     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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