Frequency and density-dependent selection on life-history strategies - A field experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Mappes, Tapio ^a   Koivula, Minna ^b   Koskela, Esa ^a   Oksanen, Tuula A ^a   Savolainen, Tiina ^a   Sinervo, Barry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; VOLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA;

FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 45949106979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001687     Document Type: Article

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