Lake morphometry and resource polymorphism determine niche segregation between cool-and cold-water-adapted fish

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 538-552

  Hayden, Brian ^a   Harrod, Chris ^b,c,d   Kahilainen, Kimmo K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Climate change; Coregonus lavaretus; Finnish Lapland; Intraspecific morphs; Lake depth; Perca fluviatilis; Resource competition; Species distribution; Stable isotopes; Thermal guild; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENERALIST; MORPHOMETRY; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PERCID; POLYMORPHISM; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY;

FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; SCANDINAVIA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FISH; LAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FISHES; LAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898008613     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0264.1     Document Type: Article

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