Disruptive selection in natural populations: The roles of ecological specialization and resource competition

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-281

  Martin, Ryan A ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Disruptive selection; Ecological specialization; Frequency dependence; Resource competition; Resource polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONSPECIFIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; POND CULTURE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIZATION; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 70149111482     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600090     Document Type: Article

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