Ecological release from interspecific competition leads to decoupled changes in population and individual niche width

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1689, 2010, Pages 1789-1797

  Bolnick, Daniel I ^a   Ingram, Travis ^b   Stutz, William E ^a   Snowberg, Lisa K ^a   Lau, On Lee ^a,c   Pauli, Jeff S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological release; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Individual specialization; Interspecific competition; Niche variation hypothesis; Three spine stickleback

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION GROWTH; SALMONID; SPECIALIZATION; TIMESCALE;

COTTUS ASPER; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77954321499     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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