Burrowing Constrains the Phenotypic Diversity of Fossorial Crayfish.

Abstract excerpt

Strong selective pressure on phenotype can arise when habitat transitions fundamentally alter the physical media in which animals live, such as the invasion of land by lobe-finned fishes and insects. When environmental gradients differ drastically among habitats and multiple lineages transition between these habitats, we expect phenotypic convergence to be prevalent. One transition where widespread convergence...

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• Astacoidea
• Behavior, Animal
• Ecosystem
• North America
• Phenotype