Sexual size dimorphism and selection in the wild in the waterstrider Aquarius remigis: Lifetime fecundity selection on female total length and its components

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 467-474

  Preziosi, Richard F ^a,b   Fairbairn, Daphne J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; cost of reproduction; daily fecundity; fecundity advantage; lifetime fecundity; longevity

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; SELECTION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM; WATER STRIDER;

EID: 0030617974     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02434.x     Document Type: Article

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