Heterogeneity in individual quality and reproductive trade-offs within species

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2306-2318

  Lim, Jiahui N ^a   Senior, Alistair M ^a,b   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Life history theory; Litter size; Optimum offspring size; Resource acquisition; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84905364348     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12446     Document Type: Article

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