Resource polyphenism increases species richness: A test of the hypothesis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1540, 2010, Pages 577-591

  Pfennig, David W ^a   McGee, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Extinction; Key innovation; Phenotypic plasticity; Replicated sister group comparison; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA; PISCES;

EID: 76749164810     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0244     Document Type: Article

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