Predation and the Evolutionary Dynamics of Species Ranges

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-500

  Holt, Robert D ^a   Barfield, Michael ^a   Filin, Ido ^b   Forde, Samantha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Gradient; Habitat specialization; Predation; Range limits

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT USE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MOBILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; RANGE SIZE; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053262910     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661909     Document Type: Article

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