Contribution of phenotypic plasticity and heredity to the trophic polymorphism of lacustrine brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis M.)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-522

  Proulx, Raphaël ^a   Magnan, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive morphology; Brook trout; Common garden experiment; Functional morphology; Heredity; Phenotypic plasticity; Reciprocal transplant experiment; Resource polymorphism; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

FONTINALIS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 2642544254     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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