Microhabitat use, trophic patterns, and the evolution of brain structure in african cichlids

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-182

  Huber, Robert ^a,b   Van staaden, Moira J ^a,c   Kaufman, Les S ^d   Liem, Karel F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Comparative morphology; Ecomorphology; Evolutionary patterns; Lateral line; Sensory diversification; Taste; Vision

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FISHES;

EID: 0030625148     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113330     Document Type: Article

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