Balancing selection on size: Effects on the incidence of an alternative reproductive tactic

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1171-1182

  Aubin Horth, Nadia ^a,c   Ryan, Daniel A J ^b   Good, Shawn P ^a,d   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche Sur le Saumon Atlantique CIRSA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Body size; Development; Fitness; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Salmonid; Survival; Threshold trait

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 31044435607     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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