Matrotrophy limits a female's ability to adaptively adjust offspring size and fecundity in fluctuating environments

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 747-756

  Pollux, Bart J A ^a   Reznick, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital breeding; Income breeding; Lecithotrophy; Livebearing; Placenta; Poeciliidae; Trexler DeAngelis; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VIVIPARITY;

PHALLOPTYCHUS JANUARIUS; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 79959820518     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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