Temporal stability of individual feeding specialization may promote speciation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Knudsen, Rune ^a   Primicerio, Raul ^a   Amundsen, Per Arne ^a   Klemetsen, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Behaviourally specialized phenotypes; Morphology; Parasites; Salvelinus alpinus

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PELAGIC FISH; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATOR; RESOURCE USE; SALMONID; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME; TROUT;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; GENETIC SPECIATION; TIME FACTORS; TROUT;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 72449167040     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01625.x     Document Type: Article

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