Selection against late emergence and small offspring in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 628-639

  Einum, Sigurd ^a,b   Fleming, Ian A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding time; Egg size; Growth; Maternal effects; Mortality; Salmo salar; Selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; SALMONID;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0034102650     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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