Character displacement and the origins of diversity

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Pfennig, David W ^a   Pfennig, Karin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Darwin's divergence of character; Hybridization; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; NEW SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650897147     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657056     Document Type: Article

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