Predation as the primary selective force in recurrent evolution of gigantism in Poecilozonites land snails in Quaternary Bermuda

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 807-810

  Olson, Storrs L ^a   Hearty, Paul J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagenesis; Biogeography; Extinction; Hesperotestudo; Island area; Sea level cycles

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEABIRD; SNAIL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TURTLE;

BERMUDA;

ANAS; GASTROPODA; GRUS LATIPES; RALLUS; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649891459     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0423     Document Type: Article

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