Role of epibenthic resource opportunities in the parallel evolution of lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus sp.)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2602-2613

  Landry, L ^a   Bernatchez, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community assemblages; Coregonus clupeaformis; Ecological opportunity; Limnology; Parallel evolution; Seasonal variation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POSTGLACIAL; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONID; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONIDAE; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

COREGONUS; COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449256524     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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