Ecological niche conservatism: A time-structured review of evidence

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 817-827

  Peterson, A Townsend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; Evolutionary change; Grinnell; Niche conservatism; Niche identity; Niche similarity; Overfitting; Speciation; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GRINNELLIA;

EID: 79955013100     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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