Title

Learning and Behavior in Reef Fish: Fuel for Microevolutionary Change?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2015

Publication Title

Ethology

Abstract

Small-scale population differentiation among coral reef fishes may be more common than previously thought. New molecular technologies have informed patterns of differentiation, while experimental approaches focusing on larval abilities to limit distribution have explored processes leading to diversification. Building upon a recently published paper by Wismer et al. that examined population level differences in learning and cooperative behaviors in cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), we use a phylogenetic framework to explore how social behaviors are distributed among wrasses in the Labrichthyines clade. Establishing links between social behavior and speciation across the phylogeny allows us explore how social behaviors such as learning and cooperation may also act as possible mechanisms driving diversification at the microevolutionary scale.

Volume

121

Issue

1

First Page

2

Last Page

7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12329

ISSN

1439-0310

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