The evolution of body size: what keeps organisms small?

WU Blanckenhorn - The quarterly review of biology, 2000 - journals.uchicago.edu
It is widely agreed that fecundity selection and sexual selection are the major evolutionary
forces that select for larger body size in most organisms. The general, equilibrium view is …

Allometry for sexual size dimorphism: pattern and process in the coevolution of body size in males and females

DJ Fairbairn - Annual review of ecology and systematics, 1997 - annualreviews.org
Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is common in both plants and animals, and current evidence
suggests that it reflects the adaptation of males and females to their different reproductive …

[图书][B] The behavior and ecology of Pacific salmon and trout

TP Quinn - 2007 - degruyter.com
Few subjects have generated as much emotional dialogue around conflicting scientific and
policy agendas as the protection and management of Pacific salmon resources. In this major …

[图书][B] Male, female: The evolution of human sex differences

DC Geary - 1998 - grahamseibert.com
Sexual and asexual reproduction are found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms.
Asexual reproduction has its advantages, chief among which is that it does not require the …

[图书][B] Inland fishes of California: revised and expanded

PB Moyle - 2002 - books.google.com
When the first edition of Inland Fishes of California was published in 1976, it was a
benchmark reference. Since that time, our knowledge of California's freshwater fishes has …

Reproductive strategies of Atlantic salmon: ecology and evolution

IA Fleming - Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 1996 - Springer
Abstract Atlantic salmon (Salmo solar, Salmonidae) show a diversity of life history,
behavioural and morphological adaptations for reproduction which have evolved as an …

Maturation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Salmonidae): a synthesis of ecological, genetic, and molecular processes

KB Mobley, T Aykanat, Y Czorlich, A House… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2021 - Springer
Over the past decades, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Salmonidae) has emerged as a model
system for sexual maturation research, owing to the high diversity of life history strategies …

Human-induced evolution caused by unnatural selection through harvest of wild animals

FW Allendorf, JJ Hard - Proceedings of the National …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Human harvest of phenotypically desirable animals from wild populations imposes selection
that can reduce the frequencies of those desirable phenotypes. Hunting and fishing contrast …

Fitness of hatchery‐reared salmonids in the wild

H Araki, BA Berejikian, MJ Ford… - Evolutionary …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulating data indicate that hatchery fish have lower fitness in natural environments
than wild fish. This fitness decline can occur very quickly, sometimes following only one or …

10· Alternative reproductive tactics in fish

M Taborsky - Alternative reproductive tactics an integrative approach, 2008 - cambridge.org
Among vertebrates, fish show by far the greatest variability of alternative reproductive tactics
(ARTs). Usually, males attempting to monopolize access to females or fertilizations are …