Community and ecosystem genetics: A consequence of the extended phenotype

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 559-573

  Whitham, Thomas G ^a   Young, William P ^a   Martinsen, Gregory D ^a   Gehring, Catherine A ^a   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a   Shuster, Stephen M ^a   Wimp, Gina M ^a   Fischer, Dylan G ^a   Bailey, Joseph K ^a   Lindroth, Richard L ^b   Woolbright, Scott ^a   Kuske, Cheryl R ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community evolution; Community genetics; Community heritability; Dominant species; Ecosystems; Extended phenotype; Genetic variation; Keystone species; Minimum viable interacting population

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0012140033     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0559:CAEGAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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