Experimental evolution of dispersal in spatiotemporally variable microcosms

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 953-959

  Friedenberg, Nicholas A ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Fluctuating environments; Geometric mean fitness; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

BET-HEDGING; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0141483410     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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