The relationship between offspring size and fitness: Integrating theory and empiricism

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 315-324

  Rollinson, Njal ^a   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; Fitness function; Maternal care; Maternal effects; Offspring fitness; Optimal offspring size; Optimality; Parental care; Parental investment; Weibull 1 model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WEIBULL THEORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84876124871     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/2-0552.1     Document Type: Article

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