Host-pathogen coevolution, secondary sympatry and species diversification

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1543, 2010, Pages 1139-1147

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Allopatry; Island birds; Parasites; Speciation; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOPATRY; ARCHIPELAGO; COEVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PARASITE; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY;

AVES; DREPANIDINAE; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 77950852677     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0279     Document Type: Article

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