Maternal investment increases with altitude in a frog on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2710-2715

  Chen, W ^a   Tang, Z H ^a   Fan, X G ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Pike, D A ^b  

^a MIANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Clutch size; Clutch volume; Egg size; Rana kukunoris; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; EGG SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FROG; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUTCH SIZE; CLUTCH VOLUME; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANA KUKUNORIS; RANIDAE; TRADE-OFF;

ALTITUDE; CLUTCH SIZE; CLUTCH VOLUME; EGG SIZE; RANA KUKUNORIS; TRADE-OFF;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; RANIDAE; TIBET;

EID: 84888068847     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12271     Document Type: Article

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