Life-history differentiation of benthic and limnetic ecotypes in a polytypic population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Baker, John A ^a   Cresko, William A ^b   Foster, Susan A ^a   Heins, David C ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic limnetic; Ecotype; Egg size; Gene flow; Life history; Polytypic variation; Resource use polymorphism; Sympatric speciation; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844343349     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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