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Ecological and Phenotypic Diversification after a Continental Invasion in Neotropical Freshwater Stingrays.
Integrative and comparative biology - 25 Aug 2022
Kolmann M A, Marques F P L, Weaver J C, Dean M N, Fontenelle J P, Lovejoy N R
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Habitat transitions are key potential explanations for why some lineages have diversified and others have not-from Anolis lizards to Darwin's finches. The ecological ramifications of marine-to-freshwater transitions for fishes suggest evolutionary contingency: some lineages maintain their ancestral niches in novel habitats (niche conservatism), whereas others alter their ecological role. However, few studies have...
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