Life history change in response to fishing and an introduced predator in the east african cyprinid rastrineobola argentea

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 677-693

  Sharpe, Diana M T ^a   Wandera, Silvester B ^b   Chapman, Lauren J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stressors; Contemporary phenotypic change; Dagaa; Fisheries induced evolution; Invasive species; Life history evolution; Mukene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868245611     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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