Evolutionary diversification, coevolution between populations and their antagonists, and the filling of niche space

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1265-1272

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosaic evolution; Niche breadth; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 76549104049     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913626107     Document Type: Article

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