Stable isotope niche differentiation in sticklebacks with symmetric and asymmetric pectoral fins

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Moodie, G Eric E ^a   Moodie, Patricia F ^a   Reimchen, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brook stickleback; Diet; Fluctuating asymmetry; SIA; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; FECUNDITY; FINFISH; FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; SELECTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMMETRY; TELEOST;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CULAEA; CULAEA INCONSTANS;

EID: 36849059332     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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