Experimental evidence for the adaptive evolution of growth rate in the garter snake Thamnophis elegans

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1760-1767

  Bronikowski, Anne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Common garden experiment; Garter snake; Genotype x environment interaction; Growth rate; Temperature variation; Thamnophis elegans

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033678318     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00719.x     Document Type: Article

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