Experimental excursions on adaptive landscapes: Density-dependent selection on egg size

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1396-1403

  Svensson, Erik ^a,b   Sinervo, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allometric engineering; Fitness surfaces; Follicle ablations; Maternal effects; Neighborhoods; Selection gradients; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EGG SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD; NATURAL SELECTION;

UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 0033831333     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00571.x     Document Type: Article

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