Increased competition as a cost of specialization during the evolution of resource polymorphism

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 845-853

  Paull, Jeffrey S ^a   Martin, Ryan A ^a,b   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional constraints; Intraspecific variation; Stable isotopes; Trade offs; Trophic morphology

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; GENERALIST; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; OMNIVORY; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ANURA; PELOBATIDAE;

EID: 84869844120     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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