Diversity-dependence, ecological speciation, and the role of competition in macroevolution

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 481-502

  Rabosky, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Diversification; Extinction; Reproductive isolation; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARRYING CAPACITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84888609856     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110512-135800     Document Type: Review

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