Can intraspecific competition drive disruptive selection? An experimental test in natural populations of sticklebacks

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 608-618

  Bolnick, Daniel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive speciation; Fitness function; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Individual specialization; Stable fitness minima

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FISH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 1842475834     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01683.x     Document Type: Article

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