Why do species have a skin? Investigating mutational constraint with a fundamental population model

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 213-227

  Turner, John R G ^a   Wong, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Biodiversity gradient; Critical phase transition; Edge of species; Lattice; Metapopulation; Minimum contact; Niche conservatism; Punctuated equilibrium; Range extension; Spatial evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLEE EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; METAPOPULATION; MUTATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANGE SIZE; SKIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955942153     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01475.x     Document Type: Article

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