Evidence of size-selective evolution in the fighting conch from prehistoric subsistence harvesting

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  O'Dea, Aaron ^a   Shaffer, Marian Lynne ^a,b   Doughty, Douglas R ^c   Wake, Thomas A ^d   Rodriguez, Felix A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^c Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (ITEC)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artisanal harvesting; Caribbean; Fisheries induced evolution; Fossil; Pre Columbian; Strombus pugilis

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTISANAL FISHERY; BODY SIZE; EDIBLE SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HARVESTING; INTENSIVE CULTURE; PALEONTOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; SIZE AT MATURITY; SIZE SELECTION; SNAIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC SPECIES; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELAPIDAE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELAPIDAE; FRESH WATER; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; RAIN; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84898731568     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0159     Document Type: Article

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