Life-history variation within a three-spined stickleback population in the Camargue

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1296-1307

  Poizat, G ^a   Rosecchi, E ^a   Crivelli, A J ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

FRANCE;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0036587979     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.1944     Document Type: Article

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