Possible human impacts on adaptive radiation: Beak size bimodality in Darwin's finches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1596, 2006, Pages 1887-1894

  Hendry, Andrew P ^a   Grant, Peter R ^b   Grant, B Rosemary ^b   Ford, Hugh A ^c   Brewer, Mark J ^d   Podos, Jeffrey ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Adaptive radiation; Contemporary evolution; Rapid evolution; Reproductive isolation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HYBRID; PASSERINE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEAK; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA CRUZ [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA;

FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEAK; ENVIRONMENT; FINCHES; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 33750623700     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3534     Document Type: Article

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