Phenotypic shifts caused by predation: Selection or life-history shifts?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-129

  Stoks, Robby ^a,b   De Block, Marjan ^a   Van Gossum, Hans ^a   De Bruyn, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeshna cyanea; Feeding interference; Lestes sponsa; Life history shift; Odonata; Phenotypic selection; Predation; Selection differentials

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SELECTION;

AESHNA CYANEA; AESHNIDAE; LESTES SPONSA; LESTIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 0033385738     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006656616539     Document Type: Article

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