The impact of intraspecific variation in a fish predator on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity and investment in sex in Daphnia ambigua

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-89

  Walsh, M R ^a   Post, D M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapause; Genotype environment interaction; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; DIAPAUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; DAPHNIA; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LAKE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUTCH SIZE; DAPHNIA; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; LAKES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA AMBIGUA;

EID: 83555179155     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02403.x     Document Type: Article

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