Altitudinal variation in maternal investment and trade-offs between egg size and clutch size in the Andrew's toad

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 84-91

  Liao, W B ^a,b   Lu, X ^c   Jehle, R ^d  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bufo andrewsi; Differentiation; Reproductive output; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; TOAD;

BAOXING; CHINA; SICHUAN;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO ANDREWSI;

EID: 84901420675     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12122     Document Type: Article

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