Feeding ecology and evolutionary survival of the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-386

  Fricke, H ^a   Hissmann, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE;

EID: 0034076174     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050697     Document Type: Article

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