Evolutionary trade-off between defence against grazing and competitive ability in a simple unicellular alga, Chlorella vulgaris

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1551, 2004, Pages 1947-1953

  Yoshida, Takehito ^a   Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^a   Ellner, Stephen P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachionus calyciflorus; Grazing resistance; Green alga; Predator prey interaction; Rapid evolution; Rotifer

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; NITRATE;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GREEN ALGA; PLANT DEFENSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CELL SIZE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTIFERA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLORELLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; ROTIFERA;

ANIMALS; CHLORELLA; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROTIFERA; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 17044367463     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2818     Document Type: Article

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