Contrasting niche-based variation in trophic morphology within Arctic charr populations

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1005-1021

  Knudsen, Rune ^a   Amundsen, Per Arne ^a   Primicerio, Raul ^a   Klemetsen, Anders ^a   Sørensen, Pål ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive trophic morphology; Feeding; Incipient speciation; Polymorphism; Postglacial fish; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 35349026759     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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