Fates beyond traits: Ecological consequences of human-induced trait change

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-191

  Palkovacs, Eric P ^a,b   Kinnison, Michael T ^c   Correa, Cristian ^d   Dalton, Christopher M ^e   Hendry, Andrew P ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Contemporary evolution; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Evolutionary impact assessment; Fisheries induced evolution; Habitat fragmentation; Harvest; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857620791     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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