Speciation of endemic Lake Tana barbs (Cyprinidae, Ethiopia) driven by trophic resource partitioning; a molecular and ecomorphological approach

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-227

  Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a   Nagelkerke, Leo A J ^a   Stet, René J M ^a   Osse, Jan W M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Evolution; Feeding; Fish stocks; Major histocompatibility complex; Molecular genetics; Species flock

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ETHIOPIA;

BARBUS;

EID: 0032470895     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009920522235     Document Type: Article

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