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Wilkinson, L. R., & Gibbons, J. W. (2005). Patterns of reproductive allocation: clutch and egg size variation in three freshwater turtles. Copeia, 2005(4), 868–879.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Wilkinson2005 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Fortpflanzung = reproduction, Habitat = habitat, Kinosternidae, Kinosternon, Kinosternon subrubrum, Nordamerika = North America, Pseudemys, Pseudemys concinna, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Sternotherus, Sternotherus odoratus Creators: Gibbons, Wilkinson Collection: Copeia |
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Understanding the mechanisms and patterns of how energy is allocated into the reproductive components of offspring size and number is central to life-history theory. We used X-ray photographs from a long-term mark recapture study of Kinosternon subrubrum, Sternotherus odoratus, and Pseudemys floridana to investigate hypotheses concerning variation in reproductive allocation due to constraint on egg size, within-female variability (within and among clutches), interannual environmental variation, multiple annual clutches, allocation of continuous resources into small integer numbers of offspring (fractional offspring-size problem), and age. Patterns of reproductive allocation varied markedly within and among species. Overall, egg size varied as a function of maternal body size and age, intra-annual clutch frequency, the fractional offspring-size problem, and environmental variation. Clutch size varied with maternal body size, clutch frequency, and environmental variation. We examine how effectively the data support optimal-egg-size and phenotypic-plasticity models of reproductive allocation, and identify limitations of fundamental biological findings necessary to address the issues.
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