Phenotypic plasticity in the life history traits of guppies: Responses to social environment

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-433

  Rodd, F Helen ^a,c   Reznick, David N ^b   Sokolowski, Marla B ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Behavioral interactions; Fecundity; Interpopulation variation; Life history traits; Offspring size; Phenotypic plasticity; Poecilia reticulata; Population demography; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

GUPPY; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TRINIDAD;

CRENICICHLA; CRENICICHLA ALTA; POECILIA RETICULATA; RIVULUS; RIVULUS HARTII;

EID: 0030616865     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0419:PPITLH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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