Population differences in pre- and post-fertilization offspring provisioning in the least killifish, Heterandria formosa

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 649-656

  Schrader, Matthew ^a   Travis, Joseph ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FISH; POPULATION DENSITY;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HETERANDRIA FORMOSA;

EID: 23444440741     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-04-230R     Document Type: Article

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