Coral reefs promote the evolution of morphological diversity and ecological novelty in labrid fishes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 462-469

  Price, S A ^a   Holzman, R ^a,c   Near, T J ^b   Wainwright, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Coral reefs; Evolutionary rates; Functional morphology; Labridae

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; LABRIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 79953871053     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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