Counteracting selective regimes and host preference evolution in ecotypes of two species of walking-sticks

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2405-2413

  Sandoval, C P ^a   Nosil, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological specialization; Ecological speciation; Host preference; Phytophagous insects; Polymorphism; Reproductive isolation; Visual predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION; HOST PREFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIALIZATION;

ADENOSTOMA; CEANOTHUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHASMATODEA; TIMEMA; TIMEMA CRISTINAE; TIMEMA PODURA;

EID: 28644438885     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00950.x     Document Type: Article

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