Location-specific sympatric morphological divergence as a possible response to species interactions in West Virginia Plethodon salamander communities.

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1. The competitive interactions of closely related species have long been considered important determinants of community composition and a major cause of phenotypic diversification. However, while patterns such as character displacement are well documented, less is known about how local adaptation influences diversifying selection from interspecific competition. 2. We examined body size and head shape variation...

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