Ecological speciation

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-352

  Rundle, Howard D ^a   Nosil, Patrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divergent selection; Natural selection; Reinforcement; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 15444381264     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00715.x     Document Type: Review

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