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The role of calcium and predation on plate morph evolution in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
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dc.contributor.author | Smith, Carl | |
dc.contributor.author | Spence, Rowena Grace Alison | |
dc.contributor.author | Barber, Iain | |
dc.contributor.author | Przybylski, Miroslaw | |
dc.contributor.author | Wootton, Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-16T17:31:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-16T17:31:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Smith , C , Spence , R G A , Barber , I , Przybylski , M & Wootton , R 2014 , ' The role of calcium and predation on plate morph evolution in the three-spined stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) ' , Ecology and Evolution , vol. 4 , no. 18 , pp. 3550-3554 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1180 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-7758 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 136112706 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: bf5473b8-6a9c-4b76-8700-9cf15171b777 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84921928328 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-3285-0379/work/47136188 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000342846600005 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/6113 | |
dc.description.abstract | While the genetic basis to plate morph evolution of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is well described, the environmental variables that select for different plate and spine morphs are incompletely understood. Using replicate populations of three-spined sticklebacks on North Uist, Scotland, we previously investigated the role of predation pressure and calcium limitation on the adaptive evolution of stickleback morphology and behavior. While dissolved calcium proved a significant predictor of plate and spine morph, predator abundance did not. Ecol. Evol., xxx, 2014 and xxx performed a comparable analysis to our own to address the same question. They failed to detect a significant effect of dissolved calcium on morphological evolution, but did establish a significant effect of predation; albeit in the opposite direction to their prediction. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Ecology and Evolution | en |
dc.rights | © 2014 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en |
dc.subject | Adaptation | en |
dc.subject | Calcium concentration | en |
dc.subject | Gasterosteus aculeatus | en |
dc.subject | Natural selection | en |
dc.subject | Phenotypic adaptation | en |
dc.subject | Selective predation | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | The role of calcium and predation on plate morph evolution in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1180 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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