Hard and soft selection revisited: How evolution by natural selection works in the real world

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-14

  Reznick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependent selection; Eco evo dynamics; Frequency dependent selection; Integral projection models; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; EMPIRICISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SELECTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUPPY; NATURAL POPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROTIFERA; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POECILIA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; POECILIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84960091052     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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