Local Adaptation And The Evolution Of Phenotypic Plasticity In Trinidadian Guppies (Poecilia Reticulata)

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3432-3443

  Torres Dowdall, Julián ^a   Handelsman, Corey A ^a   Reznick, David N ^b   Ghalambor, Cameron K ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baldwin effect; Behavior; Life history evolution; Predation; Reaction norm; Trophic morphology

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

COLONIZATION; CYPRINID; DIVERGENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; REACTION NORM; SELECTION; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CICHLIDS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HEAD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; POECILIA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84868139697     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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