Resource partitioning among rock-dwelling haplochromines (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Victoria

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-240

  Bouton, N ^a   Seehausen, O ^a,b   Van Alphen, J J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cichlid fish; Competition; Diet overlap; Haplochromines; Lake Victoria; Resource partitioning; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VICTORIA;

DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD AVAILAVILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESOURCE PARTITIONING;

AFRICA, LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0031409179     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1997.tb00165.x     Document Type: Article

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