Iterative ecological radiation and convergence during the evolutionary history of damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-113

  Frédérich, Bruno ^a   Sorenson, Laurie ^b   Santini, Francesco ^b   Slater, Graham J ^b   Alfaro, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Disparity; Geometric morphometrics; Morphospace; Ornstein uhlenbeck; Repeated adaptive radiations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CORAL REEF; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOMETRY; PERCIFORM; PHYLOGENY; REGIONALIZATION;

EID: 84871288296     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668599     Document Type: Article

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