The effects of predation on the age and size of maturity of prey

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1052-1061

  Abrams, Peter A ^a,c   Rowe, Locke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; development time; food supply; foraging effort; growth rate; life history; optimization; predation; size at maturity

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

EID: 0029661340     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb02346.x     Document Type: Article

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