Adaptive maternal adjustments of offspring size in response to conspecific density in two populations of the least killifish, heterandria formosa

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1341-1347

  Leips, Jeff ^a,b   Richardson, Jean M L ^c,d   Rodd, F Helen ^a,c   Travis, Joseph ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Life history strategies; Maternal effects; Optimal offspring size; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONSPECIFIC; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; TELEOST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; KILLIFISHES; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HETERANDRIA; HETERANDRIA FORMOSA;

EID: 64749088728     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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