Body shape variation in relation to resource partitioning within cichlid trophic guilds coexisting along the rocky shore of Lake Malawi

Animal Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-70

  Kassam, Daud D ^a   Adams, Dean C ^b   Ambali, Aggrey J D ^c   Yamaoka, Kosaku ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Geometric morphometrics; Lake Malawi; Resource partitioning; Trophic guild

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CICHLID; MORPHOMETRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROCKY SHORE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; COPADICHROMIS; COPADICHROMIS BORLEYI; LABEOTROPHEUS FUELLEBORNI; PETROTILAPIA;

EID: 1442266704     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075603769682585     Document Type: Article

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