Resource partition history and evolutionary specialization of subunits in complex systems

BioSystems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-39

  Seligmann, Hervé ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broken stick model; Community structure; Lizards; Niche evolution; Sequential niche partition; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PARTITIONING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; LIZARD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0033041806     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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