Sexual selection enables long-term coexistence despite ecological equivalence

Nature

Volumn 484, Issue 7395, 2012, Pages 506-509

  M'Gonigle, Leithen K ^a,c   Mazzucco, Rupert ^b   Otto, Sarah P ^a   Dieckmann, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; COEXISTENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; NICHE OVERLAP; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; LAKES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860258235     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10971     Document Type: Review

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