Population cycles can maintain foraging polymorphism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1425, 1999, Pages 1277-1281

  Fryxell, John M ^a   Crease, Teresa ^a   Illius, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Genetic mechanisms; Morphology; Polymorphism; Population cycle; Soay sheep

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; MODEL;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ENERGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNGULATE;

OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033594993     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0775     Document Type: Article

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