Functional traits, convergent evolution, and periodic tables of niches

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 737-751

  Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   Fitzgerald, Daniel B ^a   Bower, Luke M ^a   Pianka, Eric R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive peak; Bioassessment; Ecological classification; Ecological restoration; Life history strategy; Niche dimension; Niche scheme; Species ordination

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FISH; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946405298     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12462     Document Type: Article

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