Intraspecific genetic variation and competition interact to influence niche expansion

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 2915-2924

  Agashe, Deepa ^a,b   Bolnick, Daniel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Individual specialization; Individual variation; Intraspecific competition; Niche evolution; Resource niche expansion

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIET; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE BREADTH; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77956898006     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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