Using environmental effects on fecundity to compare the adaptive characteristics of the morphs in a hybrid zone of Littorina saxatilis

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-173

  Cruz, Raquel ^a   Garcia, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparing adaptations; Ecotones; Hybrid zones; Natural selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FECUNDITY; HYBRID ZONE; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; LITTORINIDAE;

EID: 0037656388     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023038817912     Document Type: Article

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