Environmental determinants of threespine stickleback species pair evolution and persistence

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1983-1997

  Ormond, Chad I ^a   Rosenfeld, Jordan S ^a   Taylor, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIMNOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TELEOST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 80555123821     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-113     Document Type: Article

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