Co-existence of a pair of pelagic planktivorous coregonid fishes

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-390

  Helland, Ingeborg Palm ^a   Harrod, Chris ^b,c   Freyhof, Jörg ^a   Mehner, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Niche overlap; Reproductive isolation; Resource competition; Stable isotope analysis; Stomach content analysis; Sympatric species

Indexed keywords

COREGONUS; COREGONUS ALBULA; COREGONUS FONTANAE; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 43749092839     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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