Temporal stability of niche use exposes sympatric Arctic charr to alternative selection pressures

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-604

  Knudsen, Rune ^a   Siwertsson, Anna ^a   Adams, Colin E ^a,b   Garduño Paz, Monica ^c   Newton, Jason ^d   Amundsen, Per Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food web transmitted parasites; Functional morphology; Salvelinus alpinus; Stable isotopes; Temporal niche stability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE; MUSCLE; NATURAL SELECTION; SALMONID; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORWAY;

COPEPODA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 79953680729     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9451-9     Document Type: Article

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