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Size-dependent Fecundity

Size-Dependent Fecundity is a biological construct in population ecology that denotes the phenomenon whereby an individual organism's reproductive output increases as a function of its body size.

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350

Intraspecific Variation in Body Size and Fecundity in Insects: A General Relationship

Alois Honěk, Alois Honěk · Oikos · 1993 · 1.7K citations

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The Evolution of Large Body Size in Females: A Critique of Darwin's "Fecundity Advantage" Model

Richard Shine · The American Naturalist · 1988 · 415 citations

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The Importance of Being Large: The Relationship between Size and Fitness in Females of the Parasitoid Aphaereta minuta (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Marcel E. Visser · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1994 · 330 citations

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The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in fish*

George A. Parker · Journal of Fish Biology · 1992 · 325 citations

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Offspring Size Plasticity in Response to Intraspecific Competition: An Adaptive Maternal Effect across Life‐History Stages

Richard M. Allen, Yvonne M. Buckley, Dustin J. Marshall · The American Naturalist · 2007 · 283 citations

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Authors

742

  1. RS
    Richard Shine

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. NB
    Neil B. Ford

    The University of Texas at Tyler, United States

    5 publications · 268 citations

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  3. GA
    George A. Parker

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 425 citations

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  4. MO
    Mats Olsson

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 202 citations

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  5. SZ
    Sônia Zanini Cechin

    Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

    3 publications · 71 citations

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Institutions

326

  1. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    885 citations

  2. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    352 citations

  3. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    524 citations

  4. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    240 citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    205 citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    778 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

    Plön, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    397 citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    120 citations

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  1. Evolution

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Ecology

    13 publications · 909 citations

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  4. Journal of Animal Ecology

    13 publications · 943 citations

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  5. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 11 publications · 463 citations

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