Mother and offspring fitness in an insect with maternal care: Phenotypic trade-offs between egg number, egg mass and egg care

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Koch, Lisa K ^a   Meunier, Joël ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost; Earwig; Egg cannibalism; Insect; Parental care; Reciprocal causation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL CARE; OVIPARITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

EUROPE;

AURICULARIA; FORFICULA AURICULARIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INSECT; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84902875972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-125     Document Type: Article

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