Interpopulation variation in a fish predator drives evolutionary divergence in prey in lakes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1718, 2011, Pages 2628-2637

  Walsh, Matthew R ^a   Post, David M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Countergradient variation; Life history evolution; Local adaptation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; FISH; GROWTH RATE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATURATION; PLANKTIVORE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SIZE AT MATURITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; LAKE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONNECTICUT; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA AMBIGUA;

EID: 79960770597     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2634     Document Type: Article

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