Contrasting growth strategies of pond versus marine populations of nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius): A combined effect of predation and competition?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-122

  Herczeg, Gábor ^a   Gonda, Abigél ^a   Kuparinen, Anna ^a   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Body size; Growth rate; Life history; Natural selection; Predation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SYMPATRY; TELEOST;

PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 83555166329     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9491-9     Document Type: Article

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