Convergent evolutionary processes driven by foraging opportunity in two sympatric morph pairs of Arctic charr with contrasting post-glacial origins

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 794-806

  Garduño Paz, Monica V ^a,b   Adams, Colin E ^a   Verspoor, Eric ^c   Knox, David ^c   Harrod, Chris ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alternative phenotypes; Discrete morphological variation; Ecological segregation; Foraging specialism; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; MATURATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; POSTGLACIAL; SPAWNING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; LOCH AWE; LOCH TAY; PERTH AND KINROSS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PISCES; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84863768391     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01906.x     Document Type: Article

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