Sexual dimorphism and adaptive speciation: Two sides of the same ecological coin

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2433-2449

  Bolnick, Daniel I ^a   Doebeli, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Disruptive selection; Evolutionary branching; Resource partitioning; Stable fitness minima; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345526407     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01489.x     Document Type: Article

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