Goldilocks Meets Santa Rosalia: An Ephemeral Speciation Model Explains Patterns of Diversification Across Time Scales

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-261

  Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^a,b,c   Sarver, Brice A J ^a   Brown, Joseph W ^a   Des Roches, Simone ^a   Hardwick, Kayla M ^a   Hether, Tyler D ^a   Eastman, Jonathan M ^a   Pennell, Matthew W ^a   Harmon, Luke J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Geographic isolation; Incipient speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862830366     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9171-x     Document Type: Article

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