Specialization of trophic position and habitat use by sticklebacks in an adaptive radiation

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1025-1034

  Matthews, Blake ^a   Marchinko, Kerry B ^b   Bolnick, Daniel I ^c   Mazumder, Asit ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Divergent selection; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Ecological speciation; Functional morphology; Habitat specialization; Individual specialization; Lake food webs; Pelagic foraging; Stickleback; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOPATRY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TELEOST; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77951174014     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0235.1     Document Type: Article

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