Costs, benefits and the evolution of inducible defences: A case study with Daphnia pulex

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 705-715

  Hammill, E ^a,b   Rogers, A ^a,c   Beckerman, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Daphnia pulex; Inducible defence; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; EVOLUTION; FLY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 42049098201     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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