The direct and indirect effects of guppies: Implications for life-history evolution in Rivulus hartii

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 227-237

  Walsh, Matthew R ^a   Fraser, Douglas F ^b   Bassar, Ronald D ^a   Reznick, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Killifish; Mark recapture; Predator prey interactions; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; POECILIA RETICULATA; RIVULUS; RIVULUS HARTII;

EID: 78751698349     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01786.x     Document Type: Article

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