Variation in feeding morphology between pumpkinseed populations: Phenotypic plasticity or evolution?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-128

  Mittelbach, Gary G ^a   Osenberg, Craig W ^b   Wainwright, Peter C ^c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common garden experiments; Lepomis; Michigan; Phenotypic plasticity; Sunfish; Trophic morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001028706     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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