Selection for predator resistance varies with resource supply in a model adaptive radiation

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 735-746

  Hall, Alex R ^a   Meyer, Justin R ^b   Kassen, Rees ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Competition; Experimental evolution; Predation; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 51949102169     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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