id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_sb5ou5s4gngwlkqr4e2sywxxpi A. O'Dea Evidence of size-selective evolution in the fighting conch from prehistoric subsistence harvesting 2014 9 .pdf application/pdf 7435 1182 65 Intensive size-selective harvesting can drive evolution of sexual maturity at Conversely, prehistoric, low-intensity subsistence harvesting is not considered an effective agent of size-selective evolution. size at sexual maturity in the edible conch Strombus pugilis declined significantly from pre-human (approx. Many (but not all) mollusc species that have a long history of subsistence harvesting have become smaller over time [14,16,20], suggestive of size-selective Contemporary, prehistoric and pre-human material was collected from the Bocas del Toro archipelago (figure 1). pugilis in Bocas del Toro decreases successively from pre-human to prehistoric to the contemporary Variation in size at maturity among contemporary populations also correlates with observed harvesting intensities. Box plots of (a) shell height and (b) shell width of sexually mature Strombus pugilis from pre-human, prehistoric and contemporary sites in Bocas del Evidence of size-selective evolution in the fighting conch from prehistoric subsistence harvesting Evidence of size-selective evolution in the fighting conch from prehistoric subsistence harvesting ./cache/work_sb5ou5s4gngwlkqr4e2sywxxpi.pdf ./txt/work_sb5ou5s4gngwlkqr4e2sywxxpi.txt