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dc.contributor.authorSpence, Rowena Grace Alison
dc.contributor.authorWootton, R.J.
dc.contributor.authorBarber, Iain
dc.contributor.authorPrzybylski, Mirosław
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Carl
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-30T11:31:02Z
dc.date.available2013-05-30T11:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.identifier.citationSpence , R G A , Wootton , R J , Barber , I , Przybylski , M & Smith , C 2013 , ' Ecological causes of morphological evolution in the three-spined stickleback ' , Ecology and Evolution , vol. 3 , no. 6 , pp. 1717-1726 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.581en
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 45221739
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: a296b448-313b-4099-9b6b-52667164cbc3
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84885859660
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-3285-0379/work/47136221
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/3574
dc.description.abstractThe central assumption of evolutionary theory is that natural selection drives the adaptation of populations to local environmental conditions, resulting in the evolution of adaptive phenotypes. The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) displays remarkable phenotypic variation, offering an unusually tractable model for understanding the ecological mechanisms underpinning adaptive evolutionary change. Using populations on North Uist, Scotland we investigated the role of predation pressure and calcium limitation on the adaptive evolution of stickleback morphology and behavior. Dissolved calcium was a significant predictor of plate and spine morph, while predator abundance was not. Stickleback latency to emerge from a refuge varied with morph, with populations with highly reduced plates and spines and high predation risk less bold. Our findings support strong directional selection in three-spined stickleback evolution, driven by multiple selective agents.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEcology and Evolutionen
dc.rights© 2013 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any mediumen
dc.subjectAdaptationen
dc.subjectCalcium concentrationen
dc.subjectGasterosteus aculeatusen
dc.subjectNatural selectionen
dc.subjectNuptial colorationen
dc.subjectPhenotypic adaptationen
dc.subjectSelective predationen
dc.subjectQL Zoologyen
dc.subject.lccQLen
dc.titleEcological causes of morphological evolution in the three-spined sticklebacken
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.581
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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