Evolutionary rescue and the coexistence of generalist and specialist competitors: An experimental test

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1821, 2015, Pages

  Bono, Lisa M ^a,b   Gensel, Catharine L ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a   Burch, Christina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Evolutionary rescue; Host range; Intraspecific competition; Resource polymorphism; Resource ratio

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERALIST; HOST RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROCOSM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIST;

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE PHI6; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 6; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84952027666     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1932     Document Type: Article

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