Quantitative analysis of dental microwear in threespine stickleback: A new approach to analysis of trophic ecology in aquatic vertebrates

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 967-977

  Purnell, Mark A ^a   Hart, Paul J B ^a   Baines, David C ^a   Bell, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Feeding; Niche differentiation; Stickleback; Tooth microwear

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; DENTITION; DIET; FINFISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; NICHE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; SMEGMAMORPHA; TOOTH;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DAPHNIA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MAMMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748490480     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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