Signals of predation-induced directional and disruptive selection in the threespine stickleback

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-205

  Zeller, Michael ^a   Lucek, Kay ^b   Haesler, Marcel P ^b   Seehausen, Ole ^b   Sivasundar, Arjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age classes; Defence traits; Disruptive selection; Eda; Predation

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84873658345     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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