Effect of growth compensation on subsequent physical fitness in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleri

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-42

  Royle, Nick J ^a   Lindström, Jan ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endurance; Exercise; Growth rate; Resource Allocation; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; FITNESS; GROWTH;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FISH; FITNESS; GROWTH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 33644881916     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0414     Document Type: Article

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