Life-stage specific environments in a cichlid fish: Implications for inducible maternal effects

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-137

  Kotrschal, Alexander ^a,b   Heckel, Gerald ^b,c   Bonfils, Danielle ^b   Taborsky, Barbara ^b,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cichlid fish; Juvenile and adult environment; Life stage specific; Maternal effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CICHLID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; SIMOCHROMIS;

EID: 83555173583     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9495-5     Document Type: Article

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