Comparative ecology and historical biogeography of the genus Brachyrhaphis

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-127

  Mojica, Camille L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area cladogram; Fish; Poeciliid

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROHABITAT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CARIBBEAN;

BRACHYRHAPHIS; POECILIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031886150     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007415928796     Document Type: Article

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