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Fine-scale behavioural differences distinguish resource use by ecomorphs in a closed ecosystem.
Scientific reports - 21 Apr 2016
Hawley Kate L, Rosten Carolyn M, Christensen Guttorm, Lucas Martyn C
Abstract excerpt
Temporal differences in habitat use and foraging specialisms between ecomorphs represent aspects of behavioural phenotype that are poorly understood with regard to the origin and maintenance of ecological diversity. We tested the role of behaviour in resource use divergence of two Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) phenotypes, a slim, putatively pelagic-dwelling morph and a robust, putatively littoral-dwelling...
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