Riverine spawning and reproductive segregation in a lacustrine cyprinid species flock, facilitated by homing?

Animal Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-415

  Palstra, Arjan P ^a,b   de Graaf, Martin ^a   Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Barbus; Ethiopia; Evolution; Labeobarbus; Lake Tana; Migration; Philopatry; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; PHILOPATRY; SPAWNING GROUND; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; GUMARA RIVER; LAKE TANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; TANA;

EID: 11944260215     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570756042729519     Document Type: Article

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