Standard metabolic rate is associated with gestation duration, but not clutch size, in speckled cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1185-1191

  Schimpf, Natalie G ^a   Matthews, Philip G D ^b   White, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Cockroach; Consequences; Energy; Lifetime reproductive fitness; Metabolic correlate; Reproduction; Reproductive output; SMR; Standard metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964882815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20122683     Document Type: Article

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