Ecological and evolutionary consequences of size-selective harvesting: How much do we know?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 209-220

  Fenberg, Phillip B ^a   Roy, Kaustuv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishery; Invertebrates; Macroevolution; Microevolution; Size selective harvesting; Terrestrial vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FISHERIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349014567     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03522.x     Document Type: Review

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