Life histories have a history: Effects of past and present conditions on adult somatic growth rates in wild Trinidadian guppies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 818-826

  Auer, Sonya K ^a   Lopez Sepulcre, Andrés ^a,b   Heatherly II, Thomas ^c   Kohler, Tyler J ^c,d   Bassar, Ronald D ^a   Thomas, Steven A ^c   Reznick, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carry over effects; Delayed quality effects; Early conditions; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CYPRINID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POECILIA; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84862647047     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01964.x     Document Type: Article

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