Evolutionary convergence in Neotropical cichlids and Nearctic centrarchids: Evidence from morphology, diet, and stable isotope analysis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-164

  Montaña, Carmen G ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Lowland rivers; North America; Perciformes; Phenotypic similarity; South America; Trophic morphology

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DATA SET; DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEARCTIC REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSTRATE;

PERU; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

CENTRARCHIDAE; CICHLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 84876108261     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12021     Document Type: Article

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