The interface between metacommunity ecology and microevolution in freshwater zooplankton

In many habitats, species’ traits correspond strongly to local environmental conditions. The cause of this pattern may be in-situ evolution, where initially mal-adapted resident species evolved traits that increased their fitness. Alternatively, species with suitable traits may have colonized the...

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Main Author: Pantel, Jelena Holly
Other Authors: Leibold, Mathew A.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-447