A conceptual framework for the evolution of ecological specialisation

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 841-851

  Poisot, Timothée ^a   Bever, James D ^b   Nemri, Adnane ^c   Thrall, Peter H ^c   Hochberg, Michael E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Coevolution; Competition; Constraints; Environment; Mutualism; Niche; Parasitism; Predation; Specialisation; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COEVOLUTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PREDATION; PREDICTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79961167899     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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