Widespread disruptive selection in the wild is associated with intense resource competition

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Martin, Ryan A ^a,b   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Disruptive selection; Quadratic selection; Resource polymorphism; Selection differential; Spadefoot toad

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; TOAD; WILD POPULATION;

ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC FITNESS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864432664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-136     Document Type: Article

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