Paternal Effects on Offspring Fitness Reflect Father's Social Environment

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 288-292

  Adler, Margo I ^a   Bonduriansky, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Development; Larval diet; Offspring size; Paternal effects; Social environment

Indexed keywords

NERIIDAE;

EID: 84878110610     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9211-6     Document Type: Article

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