Extreme environmental variation sharpens selection that drives the evolution of a mutualism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1620, 2007, Pages 1799-1805

  Siepielski, Adam M ^a   Benkman, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Environmental variation; Mutualism; Phenotypic selection; Seed predation dispersal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; MASTING; MUTUALISM; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PINE; PINUS ALBICUALIS; PLANT SEED; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

AVES; NUCIFRAGA; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 34548496657     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0449     Document Type: Article

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