Evolution of character displacement in Darwin's finches

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5784, 2006, Pages 224-226

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL SCIENCES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTIVE RADIATIONS; COMPETITOR SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE; NATURAL SELECTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DIVERGENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BEAK; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COMPETITION; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FINCH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; GEOSPIZA MAGNIROSTRIS; HERITABILITY; JAW; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; FOOD; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS;

EID: 33746000736     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1128374     Document Type: Article

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