The evolution of body size in extant groups of North American freshwater fishes: Speciation, size distributions, and Cope's rule

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-421

  Knouft, Jason H ^a,b,c   Page, Lawrence M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Cope's rule; Evolutionary trends; Freshwater fishes; Size frequency distribution

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BODY SIZE; COPE RULE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FISH; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; FISHES; FRESH WATER; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037354863     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346133     Document Type: Article

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