A benthic predatory fish does not cause selection on armour traits in three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteiformes: Gasterosteidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 877-885

  Maccoll, Andrew D C ^a,b   Chapman, Sonia M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cottus asper; Mesocosm experiment; Natural enemies; Natural selection; Predation; Sculpin; Selection differential

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL ENEMY; NICHE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SURVIVORSHIP; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84886287816     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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