Does sympatry predict life history and morphological diversification in the Mexican livebearing fish Poeciliopsis baenschi?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 608-618

  Scott, Laura E ^a   Johnson, Jerald B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Life history theory; Poeciliidae; Resource competition; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; COEXISTENCE; CYPRINID; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIZE AT MATURITY; SYMPATRY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

POECILIIDAE; POECILIOPSIS BAENSCHI; POECILIOPSIS TURNERI;

EID: 77954368411     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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