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New taxonomy and niche partitioning on coral reefs: jack of all trades or master of some?
Knowlton, N; Jackson, J B.
Afiliação
  • Knowlton N; Nancy Knowlton and Jeremy Jackson are at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama.
Trends Ecol Evol ; 9(1): 7-9, 1994 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21236753
Recent taxonomic advances are challenging widely held theories of the ecology and evolution of coral reef Invertebrates and communities. Large numbers of sibling species have been discovered across a variety of higher taxa. Differences in distribution, behavior and life history characteristics among sibling species demonstrate that niche diversification is more finely tuned, and interactions among organisms more specific, than most reef ecologists believed previously. Ecological and evolutionary understanding depends on good taxonomy.

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Trends Ecol Evol Ano de publicação: 1994 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Panamá País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Trends Ecol Evol Ano de publicação: 1994 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Panamá País de publicação: Reino Unido