Foraging of rocky habitat cackled fishes in Lake Malawi: Coexistence through niche partitioning?

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-292

  Genner, Martin J ^a   Turner, George F ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cackled fishes; Coexistence; Diet; Lake Malawi; Niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032741823     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050930     Document Type: Article

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