High niche overlap between two successfully coexisting pairs of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-588

  Martin, Christopher H ^a   Genner, Martin J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CICHLID; COEXISTENCE; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRITORIALITY; TRANSLOCATION;

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

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 67649342413     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-023     Document Type: Article

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