Evolution of character displacement in spadefoot toads: Different proximate mechanisms in different species

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2331-2341

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergent evolution; Ecological character displacement; Genetic assimilation; Local adaptation; Loss of plasticity; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOPATRY; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANGE EXPANSION; SYMPATRY; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 77955258366     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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