Variation in the demography of guppy populations: The importance of predation and life histories

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 405-418

  Rood, F Helen ^a,c   Reznick, David N ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Life history traits; Model, individual based; Mortality rates; Poecilia reticulata; Population dynamics; Sex ratio; Size distribution; Size selective predation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GUPPY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEX RATIO;

POECILIA RETICULATA; RIVULUS HARTII;

EID: 0030616862     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2266017     Document Type: Article

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