Stage-structured cycles promote genetic diversity in a predator-prey system of Daphnia and algae

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7024, 2005, Pages 413-417

  Nelson, William A ^a   McCauley, Edward ^a   Wrona, Frederick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPETITION THEORY; FRESHWATER HERBIVORE DAPHNIA PULEX; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEMS;

ALGAE;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORY; NATURAL POPULATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DAPHNIA; FOOD CHAIN; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

CLADOCERA;

EID: 13444292021     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03212     Document Type: Article

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