Convergence in Multispecies Interactions

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 269-280

  Bittleston, Leonora S ^a   Pierce, Naomi E ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^a,b   Pringle, Anne ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Convergent evolution; Microbe; Mutualism; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROORGANISM; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDICTION; SYMBIOSIS; VERTEBRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SARRACENIACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; MICROFLORA; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; MICROBIOTA; PLANTS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84962069893     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.01.006     Document Type: Review

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