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What can phylogeographic breaks in the livebearer Poeciliopsis turrubarensis tell about fish community boundaries in western Costa Rica?
Journal of fish biology - 1 Mar 2012
Larson A D, Scarborough P L, Sayre C L, Johnson J B
Abstract excerpt
This study asks if the geographic boundary delineating two fish communities in western Costa Rica is congruent with a phylogeographic break in a single widespread fish species Poeciliopsis turrubarensis (Poeciliidae) that spans this area. Such congruence would suggest that a common historical event (e.g. geological or climatic) could be responsible for both patterns. It was found that there was a shared break...
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