Ecological opportunity and the adaptive diversification of lineages

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 176-195

  Wellborn, Gary A ^a   Langerhans, R Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ecological community; Ecotype; Niche diversification; Reproductive isolation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920285331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1347     Document Type: Review

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