Can number and size of offspring increase simultaneously? - a central life-history trade-off reconsidered

[1] Smith CC(1974)The optimal balance between size and number of offspring Am Nat 108 499-506

[2] Fretwell SD(2001)The physiology of life history trade-offs in animals Annu Rev Ecol Syst 32 95-126

[3] Zera AJ(1999)Radiographic pelvimetry for assessment of dystocia in bitches: a clinical study in two terrier breeds J Small Anim Pract 40 257-264

[4] Harshman LG(1991)Proximate constraints on the evolution of egg size, number, and total clutch mass in lizards Science 252 1300-1302

[5] Eneroth A(1982)A Quantitative Genetic Theory of Life History Evolution Ecology 63 607-615

[6] Linde-Forsberg C(2008)New Answers for Old Questions: The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics of Wild Animal Populations Annu Rev Ecol Evol and Syst 39 525-548

[7] Uhlhorn M(1991)Quantitative genetic analysis of life histories in two freshwater populations of the threespine stickleback Copeia 2 526-529

[8] Hall M(2004)Genetic analysis of female reproduction traits of fanned coho salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch) Aquaculture 234 143-154

[9] Sinervo B(1996)Interactive effects of offspring size and timing of reproduction on offspring reproduction: Experimental, maternal, and quantitative genetic aspects Evolution 50 1314-1327

[10] Licht P(2007)Repeatability and heritability of reproductive traits in free-ranging snakes J Evol Biol 20 588-596

[1] Smith CC(1974)The optimal balance between size and number of offspring Am Nat 108 499-506

[2] Fretwell SD(2001)The physiology of life history trade-offs in animals Annu Rev Ecol Syst 32 95-126

[3] Zera AJ(1999)Radiographic pelvimetry for assessment of dystocia in bitches: a clinical study in two terrier breeds J Small Anim Pract 40 257-264

[4] Harshman LG(1991)Proximate constraints on the evolution of egg size, number, and total clutch mass in lizards Science 252 1300-1302

[5] Eneroth A(1982)A Quantitative Genetic Theory of Life History Evolution Ecology 63 607-615

[6] Linde-Forsberg C(2008)New Answers for Old Questions: The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics of Wild Animal Populations Annu Rev Ecol Evol and Syst 39 525-548

[7] Uhlhorn M(1991)Quantitative genetic analysis of life histories in two freshwater populations of the threespine stickleback Copeia 2 526-529

[8] Hall M(2004)Genetic analysis of female reproduction traits of fanned coho salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch) Aquaculture 234 143-154

[9] Sinervo B(1996)Interactive effects of offspring size and timing of reproduction on offspring reproduction: Experimental, maternal, and quantitative genetic aspects Evolution 50 1314-1327

[10] Licht P(2007)Repeatability and heritability of reproductive traits in free-ranging snakes J Evol Biol 20 588-596