Ecomorphology of morpho-functional relationships in the family of sparidae: A quantitative statistic approach

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 843-855

  Antonucci, Francesca ^a   Costa, Corrado ^a,b   Aguzzi, Jacopo ^c   Cataudella, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Feeding habits; Fish ecology; Geometric morphometrics; Sparidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY;

SPARIDAE;

EID: 67651012867     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10725     Document Type: Article

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