Linking local species interactions to rates of speciation in communities

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1355-1366

  McPeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeographic processes; Multiple selective agents; Natural selection; Population differentiation; Speciation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FITNESS SURFACE; SELECTIVE AGENT; SPECIATION; SPECIES INTERACTION;

EID: 0030434648     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265533     Document Type: Article

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