Life-history evolution in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) 6. Differential mortality as a mechanism for natural selection

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1651-1660

  Reznick, David N ^a   Butler IV, Mark J ^b   Rodd, F Helen ^c   Ross, Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; life history evolution; mark recapture; mortality; selection; size selective predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GUPPY; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; SELECTION MECHANISM; SIZE-SELECTIVE PREDATION;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0029660861     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03937.x     Document Type: Article

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