Character displacement: In situ evolution of novel phenotypes or sorting of pre-existing variation?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 448-459

  Rice, Amber M ^a   Pfennig, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Alternative phenotypes; Coevolutionary displacement; Competition; Ecological speciation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOPATRY; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FINCH; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FINCHES; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847050136     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01187.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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