Character convergence under competition for nutritionally essential resources

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 667-680

  Fox, Jeremy W ^a   Vasseur, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Character convergence; Coexistence; Competition; Essential resources; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETICS; MODEL TEST; NATURAL SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 54349087594     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591689     Document Type: Article

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