Trade-offs of ecological specialization: An intraspecific comparison of pumpkinseed sunfish phenotypes

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 170-178

  Robinson, Beren W ^a,b   Wilson, David Sloan ^a   Shea, Gabrifi O S ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disruptive selection; Fitness; Generalist; Intraspecific variation; Lepomis gibbosus; Specialist; Sunfish; Trade offs; Trophic polymorphism

Indexed keywords

LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS;

FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PUMPKINSEED SUNFISH; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030404523     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265665     Document Type: Article

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