Variation in foraging behavior facilitates resource partitioning in a polymorphic cichlid, Herichthys minckleyi

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Swanson, Brook O ^a,c   Gibb, Alice C ^a   Marks, Jane C ^a   Hendrickson, Dean A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Individual specialization; Intra specific variation; Trophic polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOTYPE; NICHE PARTITIONING; POLYMORPHISM; RESOURCE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CICHLIDAE; HERICHTHYS MINCKLEYI;

EID: 56749132439     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9307-5     Document Type: Article

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