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Disruptive selection in natural populations: the roles of ecological specialization and resource competition.

The American naturalist - 1 Aug 2009

Martin Ryan A, Pfennig David W

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Disruptive selection is potentially critical in maintaining variation and initiating speciation. Yet there are few convincing examples of disruptive selection from nature. Moreover, relatively little is known about the causes of disruptive selection. Here, we document disruptive selection and its causes in natural populations of spadefoot toad tadpoles (Spea multiplicata), which are highly variable in trophic...

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PMID: 19527118
DOI: 10.1086/600090

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