Exl perimental evidence for the rapid evolution of behavioracanalization in natural populations

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 434-440

  Edgell, Timothy C ^a,b   Lynch, Brian R ^b   Trussell, Geoffrey C ^c   Richard Palmer, A ^a,d  

^a BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biogeography; Canalization; Invasive species; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); EVOLUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAILS;

EID: 70149095258     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/603639     Document Type: Article

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