Male diet, female experience, and female size influence maternal investment in swordtails

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 691-697

  Kindsvater, Holly K ^a   Simpson, Suzanne E ^b   Rosenthal, Gil G ^c,d   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Las Huastecas Aguazarca 16 de Septiembre   (Mexico)

Author keywords

condition dependence; differential allocation; maternal effect; reproductive compensation; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; CYPRINID; DIET; FEMALE; FITNESS; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS; XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 84876005783     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars213     Document Type: Article

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