Patterns of coevolution in the adaptive radiation of crossbills

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1206, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-16

  Benkman, Craig W ^a   Parchman, Thomas L ^a   Mezquida, Eduardo T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

coevolution; competition; geographic mosaic theory of coevolution; habitat area; latitudinal diversity gradient; Loxia; Picea; Pinus; predator prey; resource stability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIRD; COEVOLUTION; COMPETITOR SPECIES; CONIFER; FOREST DYNAMICS; HABITAT; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SQUIRREL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; SONGBIRD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LOXIA; PICEA; SCIURUS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONIFEROPHYTA; FOOD CHAIN; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77957732160     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05702.x     Document Type: Review

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