Rapid evolution and the convergence of ecological and evolutionary time

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1114-1127

  Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^a   Ellner, Stephen P ^a   Geber, Monica A ^a   Yoshida, Takehito ^a   Fox, Jennifer A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bill size; Darwin's finches; Diapause timing; Ecological rate; Evolutionary rate; Geospiza fortis; Haldane; Onychodiaptomus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; TIME;

COPEPODA; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS;

EID: 25144509849     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00812.x     Document Type: Review

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