Character shifts in the defensive armor of sympatric sticklebacks

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 376-385

  Vamosi, Steven M ^a   Schluter, Dolph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Antipredator traits; Apparent competition; Character shifts; Divergence; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DIVERGENCE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SYMPATRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS SP.; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 1642284414     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01653.x     Document Type: Article

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