Optimal offspring size influenced by the interaction between dissolved oxygen and predation pressure

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-387

  Reardon, Erin E ^a   Thibert Plante, Xavier ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Fish; Hypoxia; Implicit derivation model; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951962718     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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