Testing alternative explanations of character shifts against ecological character displacement in brook sticklebacks (Culaea inconstans) that coexist with ninespine sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-35

  Gray, S M ^a   Robinson, B W ^b   Parsons, K J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Competition; Ninespine sticklebacks; Northern freshwater fish; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIVERGENCE; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; PARASITOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CULAEA; CULAEA INCONSTANS; PISCES; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

EID: 27644526543     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0184-3     Document Type: Article

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