Rapid growth results in increased susceptibility to predation in Menidia menidia

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2119-2127

  Munch, Stephan B ^a,b   Conover, David O ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of growth; Growth trade off; Menidia menidia; Pomatomus saltatrix; Risk sensitive foraging; Size dependent mortality

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PREDATION RISK; SURVIVORSHIP; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; MENIDIA; MENIDIA MENIDIA; POMATOMUS; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 0141539423     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00389.x     Document Type: Article

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