Behavioural and morphological responses to cannibalism in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 767-778

  Andersson, Jens ^a   Persson, Lennart ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation risk; Resource polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644450784     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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