Adaptive speciation and sexual dimorphism contribute to diversity in form and function in the adaptive radiation of Lake Matano's sympatric roundfin sailfin silversides

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2329-2345

  Pfaender, J ^a   Miesen, F W ^a   Hadiaty, R K ^b   Herder, F ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Feeding apparatus; Functional morphology; Geometric morphometrics; Malili Lakes system; Natural selection; Sexual dimorphism; Sympatric speciation; Telmatherina; Telmatherinidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOMECHANICS; DENTITION; DIVERGENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRITION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY; TELEOST; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GILL; HISTOLOGY; INDONESIA; JAW; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STOMACH JUICE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GILLS; INDONESIA; JAW; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

INDONESIA; LAKE MATANO; MALILI LAKES; SOUTH SULAWESI;

TELMATHERINA; TELMATHERINIDAE;

EID: 80053987402     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02357.x     Document Type: Article

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