Evolutionary trends in onshore-offshore distribution patterns of mushroom coral species (Scleractinia: Fungiidae)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 199-221

  Hoeksema, Bert W ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Ecophylogenetics; Environmental gradients; Habitat partitioning; Niche differentiation; Phylogenetic ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875232853     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-08104002     Document Type: Article

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