Complex life cycles: Why refrain from growth before reproduction in the adult niche?

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-51

  Benesh, Daniel P ^a   Chubb, James C ^b   Parker, Geoff A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cestode; Complex life cycle; Life history theory; Phylogenetic analysis; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLOITATION; FLATWORM; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SIZE AT MATURITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CESTODE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; CESTODA; FEMALE; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CESTODA; DIGRAMMA; LIGULA; PISCES; SCHISTOCEPHALUS; VERMES;

EID: 84871288724     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668592     Document Type: Article

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