Evolutionary aspects of the trade-off between seed size and number in crops

VO Sadras - Field Crops Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Whereas the concept that availability of resources drives seed production is sound in
principle, it is incomplete as there are many solutions to the allocation of resources that …

Avian egg size: variation within species and inflexibility within individuals

JK Christians - Biological reviews, 2002 - cambridge.org
Egg size is a widely-studied trait and yet the causes and consequences of variation in this
trait remain poorly understood. Egg size varies greatly within many avian species, with the …

Large‐scale intraspecific variation in life‐history traits of European freshwater fish

A Blanck, N Lamouroux - Journal of Biogeography, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To test the magnitude and direction of the effects of large‐scale environmental factors
(latitude and habitat type: lotic or lentic) on the intraspecific variations in multiple life‐history …

Size at maturity of Mediterranean marine fishes

AC Tsikliras, KI Stergiou - Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 2014 - Springer
In this review we collected data on the length at maturity (L m) and maximum reported total
length (L max) of 565 Mediterranean marine fish stocks, representing 150 species, 68 …

Phylogeography of the common goby, Pomatoschistus microps, with particular emphasis on the colonization of the Mediterranean and the North Sea

ES Gysels, B Hellemans, C Pampoulie… - Molecular …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The phylogeographical patterns of a small marine fish, the common goby, Pomatoschistus
microps, were assessed at 12 sites along the northeastern Atlantic coasts and the western …

Feeding ecology, population structure and distribution of Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) and Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) in a temperate estuary …

R Leitão, F Martinho, JM Neto, H Cabral… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The feeding ecology, growth and spatial–temporal abundance and distribution of
Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) and Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) were …

Seasonal changes in community composition and trophic structure of fish populations of five salt marshes along the Essex coastline, United Kingdom

BC Green, DJ Smith, SE Earley, LJ Hepburn… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2009 - Elsevier
European intertidal salt marshes are important nursery sites for juvenile fish and
crustaceans. Due to the increasing threat of habitat loss, the seasonal changes of salt marsh …

Environmentally related life history variations in Geophagus brasiliensis

R Mazzoni, R Iglesias‐Rios - Journal of Fish Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The hypothesis of environmentally related life history variations between two Geophagus
brasiliensis populations was investigated by comparing riverine and lacustrine populations …

Reproductive biology of the burrow dwelling goby Parapocryptes serperaster

QM Dinh, J Qin, S Dittmann, DD Tran - Ichthyological Research, 2016 - Springer
The goby Parapocryptes serperaster is a bottom dweller fish widely distributed in monsoonal
regions in Asia, but its reproductive biology is poorly understood. This study assessed …

Strategies of Pomatoschistus minutus and Pomatoschistus microps to cope with environmental instability

M Dolbeth, F Martinho, R Leitão, H Cabral… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2007 - Elsevier
The populations of Pomatoschistus minutus and Pomatoschistus microps were studied from
June 2003 to May 2006 in the Mondego estuary, in order to understand the ability of these …