Individual diet specialization, niche width and population dynamics: Implications for trophic polymorphisms

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 973-982

  Svanbäck, Richard ^a,b   Persson, Lennart ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Density dependence; Interindividual variation; Intrapopulation variation; Niche breadth

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIET; NICHE BREADTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIALIZATION;

INVERTEBRATA; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344668017     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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