Trade-offs limiting the evolution of coloniality: Ecological displacement rates used to measure small costs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1704, 2011, Pages 458-463

  Yokota, Kiyoko ^a,b   Sterner, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coloniality; Competition; Detergent; Phenotypic plasticity; Size; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; KAIROMONE; LABOR DIVISION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIALIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

CHLOROPHYTA; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS;

EID: 79251524207     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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