Invertebrate predation selects for the loss of a morphological antipredator trait

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1306-1310

  Mikolajewski, Dirk Johannes ^a   Johansson, Frank ^b   Wohlfahrt, Bianca ^c,d   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antagonistic selection; Antipredator traits; Leucorrhinia caudalis; Odonata; Spines; Survival trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; DRAGONFLY; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION;

AESHNIDAE; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INVERTEBRATA; LEUCORRHINIA CAUDALIS; ODONATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FISHES; INSECTS; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWIMMING;

EID: 33748530339     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-700.1     Document Type: Article

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