Role of early life-history constraints and resource polymorphism in the segregation of sympatric populations of an estuarine fish

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 631-658

  Lecomte, Frédéric ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult morphology; Benthic pelagic ecotypes; Diet overlap; Early life history constraints; Ecological speciation; Larval retention areas; mtDNA; Osmerus mordax; Rainbow smelt; Recruitment; St. Lawrence middle estuary

Indexed keywords

OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 3142575117     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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