The role of character displacement in the speciation of central american members of the genus poecilia (poeciliidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 65, Issue , 1998, Pages 145-147

  Poeser, Fred N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Poecilia; Speciation; Species pairs

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; FISH; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

CENTRAL AMERICA;

POECILIA;

EID: 0032468786     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009809386806     Document Type: Article

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