Trophic morphology, feeding performance and prey use in the polymorphic fish Herichthys minckleyi

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-324

  Hulsey, C Darrin ^a,b   Hendrickson, Dean A ^c   García De León, Francisco J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Inst Tecn de Cuidad Victoria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body size; Cichlidae; Co evolution; Cuatro Ci negas; Hydrobiidae; Maximum performance

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; GASTROPODA; HERICHTHYS MINCKLEYI; HYDROBIIDAE;

EID: 15244362372     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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