Variable predation regimes predict the evolution of sexual dimorphism in a population of threespine stickleback

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1274-1281

  Reimchen, T E ^a   Nosil, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredator traits; Divergent selection; Gasterosteus; Natural selection; Predation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION; SEX REVERSAL; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CESTODA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 3042673608     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01706.x     Document Type: Article

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