fecund
In some species, fecundity rises with increasing age in the female.
The study is based on 10,000 marriages, showing the average fecundity of both sexes for different ages.
She has displayed remarkable literary fecundity, producing more than 20 books in three years.

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fecundity
In summary, our results suggest that exposure to combinations of environmental stresses may increase the expression of additive genetic variability for fecundity.
Daily fecundity (number of nymphs produced per adult per day) varied with time for both aphid species and in each experiment (fig. 2).
Those populations sourced from lodgepole pine did not differ in fecundity according to which larval food had been eaten.
We also verify the existence of a positive relationship between size and fecundity for the 3 helminth species in our study.
Individuals that did not feed (as defined above) were excluded from the analysis of fecundity and bloodmeal size.
This suggests that fecundity among non-users may vary widely and high-fecund women conceive very quickly, leaving the less-fecund women in the cohort.
We expect that withinhost parasite density should not affect parasite fecundity in insular populations, contrary to mainland populations.
Neither inter-specific interactions nor host body condition appeared to influence worm fecundity.
Circulating anodic antigen levels in two areas endemic for schistosomiasis mansoni indicate differences in worm fecundity.
Another possible measure of dispersal is a measure of seed germination and survival of offspring to adulthood, as well as adult fecundity.
Stress in the parental generation seems to lead to reduced fecundity in the offspring generation.
21 increased fecundity after a cold exposure would result in an increased number of offspring in the next generation, independent of recovery time.
Several life-history traits were monitored, including survival, fecundity and growth, over about 6 months (29 weeks).
For the individual fecundity is certainly not declining to a level appropriate to the present and prospective survival rate.
Is survivorship a better fitness surrogate than fecundity?
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