Habitat effects on intra-species variation in functional morphology: Evidence from freshwater fish.

ABSTRACT: Biotic-environment interactions have long been considered an important factor in functional phenotype differentiation in organisms. The differentiation processes determining functional phenotypes can reveal important mechanisms yielding differences in specific functions of animal traits in the ecosystem. In the present study, we examined functional morphological variations in relation to increasing geographic altitude. Six fish species were examined for how environment factors affect intra-specific functional morphology in the subtropical Pearl River in southern China. Functional morphology traits revealed variable effects due to geographic elevation, although spatial autocorrelation existed among the species tested. The results showed that high-elevation individuals had a more narrow-bodi

SUBMITTER: Shuai F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6262925 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature