Influence of individual body size and variable thresholds on the incidence of a sneaker male reproductive tactic in Atlantic Salmon

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 136-144

  Aubin Horth, Nadia ^a,b   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Genotype by environment interaction; Life history; Otolith; Phenotypic plasticity; Salmo salar; Threshold trait

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALMONID;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642310637     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01580.x     Document Type: Article

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