Breeding resource distribution affects selection gradients on male phenotypic traits: Experimental study on lifetime reproductive success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus)

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-390

  Reichard, Martin ^a,b   Ondračková, Markéta ^a,c   Bryjová, Anna ^a   Smith, Carl ^b   Bryja, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Directional selection gradient; Individual and population consequences of behavior; Opportunity for selection; Parentage analysis; Reproductive effort; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

RHODEUS; RHODEUS AMARUS;

EID: 58849162251     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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