The comparative expression of life-history traits and its relationship to the numerical dynamics of four populations of the least killifish

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 595-616

  Leips, Jeff ^a,b   Travis, Joseph ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Community composition; Demography; Density dependence; Life history variation; Poeciliid fish; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HETERANDRIA FORMOSA;

EID: 0032992116     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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