Balancing selection on size: effects on the incidence of an alternative reproductive tactic

• Main Authors: Nadia Aubin-Horth, Daniel A J Ryan, Shawn P Good, Julian J Dodson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Canada; Marguerite; Marguerite River; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1041.4746; http://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/issues/v07n08/hhar1867.pdf

ABSTRACT Question: Does fluctuating natural selection on body size of fish among years (balancing selection) influence the frequency of an alternative male reproductive tactic? Hypothesis: When the surviving juveniles of a cohort are larger because of selection, a higher proportion of the population...