Secondary contact during adaptive radiation: A community matrix for Lake Malawi cichlids

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 882-889

  Young, K A ^a   Whitman, J M ^b   Turner, G F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^b Lake Malawi National Park   (Malawi)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cichlids; Community matrix; Interspecific competition; Lake Malawi; Secondary contact; Speciation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CICHLID; COEVOLUTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CICHLID; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CICHLIDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; MALE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

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

CICHLIDAE;

EID: 62449180857     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01688.x     Document Type: Article

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