Ontogeny and sex alter the effect of predation on body shape in a livebearing fish: Sexual dimorphism, parallelism, and costs of reproduction

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1738-1746

  Hassell, Elizabeth M A ^a   Meyers, Peter J ^b   Billman, Eric J ^b   Rasmussen, Josh E ^c   Belk, Mark C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora; Environmental differences; Geometric morphometrics; Livebearer; Maturation; Morphology; Physical burden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883746106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.278     Document Type: Article

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