Nature Communications (May 2020)

Trophic innovations fuel reef fish diversification

  • Alexandre C. Siqueira,
  • Renato A. Morais,
  • David R. Bellwood,
  • Peter F. Cowman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16498-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Both geography and ecology can drive the origins of new species. Siqueira et al. show how geological changes in the structure of Miocene reefs and the concurrent evolution of new feeding strategies combine to explain why coral reefs contain such a diversity of fish species.