Variation in stickleback head morphology associated with parasite infection

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 759-768

  Dingemanse, Niels J ^a   Oosterhof, Chris ^a   Van Der Plas, Fons ^a   Barber, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body shape; Feeding ecology; Head shape; Host; Parasite evolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Schistocephalus solidus

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLATWORM; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TELEOST;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 63849090164     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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