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Encountering competitors reduces clutch size and increases offspring size in a parasitoid with female–female fighting

Understanding the size of clutches produced by only one parent may require a game-theoretic approach: clutch size may affect offspring fitness in terms of future competitive ability. If larger clutches generate smaller offspring and larger adults are more successful in acquiring and retaining resour...

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Autores principales: Goubault, Marlène, Mack, Alexandra F.S, Hardy, Ian C.W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1975766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17698482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0867