Correcting for sampling bias in quantitative measures of selection when fitness is discrete

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 286-291

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a   Reuter, Max ^a,b   Ward, Paul I ^a   Barbour, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Fitness; Natural selection; Selection differentials; Selection gradients; Sexual selection; Viability selection

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION; SAMPLING; SELECTION;

EID: 0033055315     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05354.x     Document Type: Article

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