Ecological speciation and phenotypic plasticity affect ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2789-2802

  Lundsgaard hansen, Bänz ^a,b   Matthews, Blake ^b   Seehausen, Ole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Common gardening experiment; Cor egonus; Direct trophic effects; Ecoevolutionary dynamics; Ecological speciation; Indirect effects

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; MESOCOSM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84908262374     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2338.1     Document Type: Article

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