Character displacement mediated by the accumulation of mutations affecting resource consumption abilities

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-188

  Kawecki, Tadeusz J ^a,b   Abrams, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Vesalianum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Competition; Deleterious mutations; Ecological niche; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042783219     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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