Field and experimental evidence that competition and ecological opportunity promote resource polymorphism

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-88

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Character release; Spea multiplicata

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POLYMORPHISM; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOAD;

ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 77952899082     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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