Do eco-evo feedbacks help us understand nature? Answers from studies of the Trinidadian guppy

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-40

  Travis, Joseph ^a   Reznick, David ^a,b   Bassar, Ronald D ^c   López Sepulcre, Andrés ^d   Ferriere, Regis ^e   Coulson, Tim ^f  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e The University of Arizona   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependent selection; Eco evo dynamics; Eco evo feedback; Frequency dependent selection; Guppies; Poecilia reticulata; Rivulus hartii

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906828346     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801374-8.00001-3     Document Type: Chapter

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