Predator-induced delayed maturity in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus): Variation among populations

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-209

  Belk, Mark C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluegill sunfish; Life history; Nonlethal effects of predators; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGE-AT-MATURITY; BLUEGILL SUNFISH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; PREDATION;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0031937328     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050369     Document Type: Article

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