Can natural selection maintain long-distance dispersal? Insight from a stream salamander system

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-24

  Lowe, Winsor H ^a   McPeek, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fitness; Morphology; Phenotype; Selection; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIMB; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 83555165205     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9500-z     Document Type: Article

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