Adaptive radiation of Lake Tana's (Ethiopia) Labeobarbus species flock (Pisces, Cyprinidae)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-407

  De Graaf, Martin ^a,c   Dejen, Eshete ^b   Osse, Jan W M ^a   Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

^c Western Australian Marine and Fisheries Research Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic bones prey fish; Ecological segregation; Phylogenetic constraints; Piscivory; Sympatric evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CYPRINID; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; LAKE WATER; PHYLOGENETICS; PISCIVORY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY; TROPHIC STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; FRINGILLIDAE; PISCES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 44949207558     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07123     Document Type: Article

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