Experimental evidence for density-dependent regulation and selection on trinidadian guppy life histories

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-38

  Bassar, Ronald D ^a   Lopez Sepulcre, Andres ^a,b   Reznick, David N ^a   Travis, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density regulation; Density dependent selection; Ecoevolutionary feedbacks; Integral projection models; Life table response experiment; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFE TABLE; PHENOTYPE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POECILIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84871325566     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668590     Document Type: Article

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