Complex environmental effects on the expression of alternative reproductive phenotypes in the bulb mite

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 857-873

  Smallegange, Isabel M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential allocation hypothesis; Environmentally cued threshold model; Liability; Life history trade offs; Male attractiveness; Reaction norm between age and size at maturity

Indexed keywords

ACARI; RHIZOGLYPHUS ROBINI;

EID: 84858340747     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9446-6     Document Type: Article

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