Counterintuitive density-dependent growth in a long-lived vertebrate after removal of nest predators

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3109-3118

  Spencer, Ricky John ^a,c   Janzen, Fredric J ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Australia; Density dependence; Emydura macquarii; Freshwater turtle; Genetic correlation; Growth optimization; Juvenile growth; Predator removal experiment; Reaction norm; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; NEST PREDATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EMYDURA MACQUARII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845720298     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3109:CDGIAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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