Phenotypic plasticity in adult life-history strategies compensates for a poor start in life in trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 818-829

  Auer, Sonya K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Early conditions; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Poecilia reticulata

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PHENOTYPE; POECILIA; TIME FACTORS;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 78649698243     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657061     Document Type: Article

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