Competition as a selective mechanism for larger offspring size in guppies

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-113

  Bashey, Farrah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CYPRINID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; PREDATION; SELECTION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 36749055800     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16094.x     Document Type: Article

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