Environmental niche equivalency versus conservatism: Quantitative approaches to niche evolution

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2868-2883

  Warren, Dan L ^a   Glor, Richard E ^b   Turelli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Climate; Cuba; Ecological niche modeling; Ecology of speciation; Invasive species; Isthmus of Tehuantepec; Niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYLOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; CUBA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BUTTERFLIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE; CUBA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; GNATHOSTOMA; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS;

EID: 54849427082     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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