The evolutionary ecology of dwarfism in three-spined sticklebacks

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 642-652

  Maccoll, Andrew D C ^a   Nagar, Aliya El ^a   De Roij, Job ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Island rule; Nanism; O matrix; Selective agent

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CALCIUM; FRESH WATER;

ANADROMY; ANCESTRY; BODY SIZE; CALCIUM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DWARFISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; ISLAND RULE; MALE; O MATRIX; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SELECTIVE AGENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALCIUM; ISLAND RULE; NANISM; O MATRIX; SELECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; METALS, ALKALI; METALS, ALKALINE EARTH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCOTLAND; SMEGMAMORPHA;

NORTH UIST; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 84876346331     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12028     Document Type: Article

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