Generalist versus specialist: The performances of perch and ruffe in a lake of low productivity

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-99

  Schleuter, D ^a   Eckmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet overlap; Gymnocephalus cernuus; Ontogentic diet shift; Perca fluviatilis

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCIDAE;

EID: 38549097551     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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