Mechanisms by which phenotypic plasticity affects adaptive divergence and ecological speciation

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2015, Pages E126-E143

  Nonaka, Etsuko ^a,b   Svanbäck, Richard ^c   Thibert Plante, Xavier ^a   Englund, Göran ^a   Brännström, Åke ^a,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Ecological speciation; Habitat choice; Individual based model; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGE; GENERALIST; HABITAT SELECTION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

EID: 84945378023     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683231     Document Type: Article

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