Standardizing selection strengths to study selection in the wild: A critical comparison and suggestions for the future

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1039-1054

  Matsumura, Shuichi ^a,b,c   Arlinghaus, Robert ^c,d   Dieckmann, Ulf ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

elasticity; natural selection; selection differential; selection gradient; standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871200926     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.6     Document Type: Review

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