Phenotypic variation in growth trajectories in the Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-550

  Björklund, Mats ^a   Hirvonen, H ^b   Seppa T ^b   Peuhkuri, N ^b   Piironen, J ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dominance; Fish; Growth dispensation; Growth trajectories; Growth variation; Phenotypic variation; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROUT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROUT;

ANIMALIA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038608906     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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