Patterns of phenotypic and genetic variability show hidden diversity in Scottish Arctic charr

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-86

  Adams, C E ^a   Fraser, D ^b   Wilson, A J ^c   Alexander, G ^a   Ferguson, M M ^c   Skulason, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Allopatric; Postglacial invasion; Salvelinus alpinus; Sympatric divergence

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34250377403     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00182.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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