To speciate, or not to speciate? Resource heterogeneity, the subjectivity of similarity, and the macroevolutionary consequences of niche-width shifts in plant-feeding insects

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-411

  Nyman, Tommi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Coevolution; Diet breadth; Ecological speciation; Insect plant interactions; Macroevolution; Niche shifts; Resource heterogeneity; Speciation; Subjectivity of similarity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950833097     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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