Constraints in the evolution of fish life histories
In: Netherlands Journal of Zoology. E.J. Brill: Leiden. ISSN 0028-2960; e-ISSN 1568-542X, more
Also appears in:Osse, J.W.M.; Hollingworth, C.E. (Ed.) (1992). The Threatened World of Fish: Proceedings of the 7th International Ichthyology Congress, The Hague (The Netherlands), August 26-30, 1991. Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 42(2-3). E.J. Brill: Leiden. 524 pp., more
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| Keywords |
Marine/Coastal; Brackish water; Fresh water |
| Abstract |
Species and populations of species are viewed as occupying positions in a multi-variate space whose dimensions are defined by life history traits. Some constraints that limit which positions can be occupied are reviewed: they include physical, allometric, physiological, demographic and genetic constraints. The need for good-quality data on life history traits and the physiological machanimsms that lie behind the traits is emphazed. |
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