Balancing natural and sexual selection in sockeye salmon: Interactions between body size, reproductive opportunity and vulnerability to predation by bears

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 917-937

  Quinn, Thomas P ^a   Hendry, Andrew P ^a,b   Buck, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bears; Evolution; Pacific salmon; Predation; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003293565     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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