Endemism, speciation and adaptive radiation in great lakes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-131

  Fryer, Geoffrey ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Diversity; Evolution; Phylogeny; Sibling species; Superspecialisation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ENDEMISM; SPECIATION;

AFRICA, (EAST), LAKE VICTORIA;

CICHLIDAE; HAPLOCHROMINAE;

EID: 0029667705     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005225     Document Type: Article

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