Habitat complexity modulates phenotype expression through developmental plasticity in the threespine stickleback

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 407-413

  Garduño Paz, Mónica V ^a   Couderc, Sébastien ^b   Adams, Colin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alternative; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Geometric morphometrics; Habitat induced morphology; Phenotypic; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TELEOST;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77954092456     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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