Convergence, divergence, and the effect of congeners on body size ratios in stream fishes

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2374-2382

  Knouft, Jason H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size ratios; Character displacement; Convergence; Etheostoma spp.; Resource partitioning; Stream fishes

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE; FISH; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ANHINGIDAE; ANIMALIA; ETHEOSTOMA; ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM; ETHEOSTOMA SPECTABILE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 0242667727     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00249.x     Document Type: Article

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