Sexual selection paves the road to sexual isolation during ecological speciation

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 633-651

  Brian Langerhans, R ^a   Makowicz, Amber M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Mate recognition; Mating behaviours; Natural selection; Predation; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887316809     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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