Reversed parasite-mediated selection in sticklebacks from eutrophied habitats

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1229-1237

  Heuschele, Jan ^a,b   Candolin, Ulrika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Eutrophication; Male male competition; Mate choice; Parasites; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TELEOST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALGAE; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77954540801     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0937-9     Document Type: Article

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