The roles of body size and phylogeny in fast and slow life histories

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 867-878

  Jeschke, Jonathan M ^a,b,c   Kokko, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Fast slow continuum; K strategists; Life history patterns; R strategists

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FISH; FRESHWATER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78149289454     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-008-9276-y     Document Type: Article

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