Larval density and the Charnov-Bull model of adaptive environmental sex determination in a copepod

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 943-954

  Voordouw, Maarten J ^a   Robinson, H Eve ^b   Stebbins, Gabe ^a   Albert, Arianne Y K ^c   Anholt, Bradley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SEX DETERMINATION (ESD); LARVAL DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SEX-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX ALLOCATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 27744599688     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-088     Document Type: Article

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