Why are there so few evolutionary transitions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 541-554

  Vermeij, Geerat J ^a   Dudley, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ecological transitions; Flowering plants; Incumbency; Insects; Molluscs; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EVOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0033826413     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0415     Document Type: Article

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