Linking genes to communities and ecosystems: Daphnia as an ecogenomic model

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 1873-1882

  Miner, Brooks E ^a   de Meester, Luc ^b   Pfrender, Michael E ^c   Lampert, Winfried ^d   Hairston, Nelson G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco evolutionary dynamics; Ecological genomics; Ecological stoichiometry; Host parasite; Keystone species; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 84859403000     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2404     Document Type: Review

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