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Phenotypic population divergence in terrestrial vertebrates at macro scales.
Ecology letters - 1 Nov 2009
Jetz Walter, Ashton Kyle G, La Sorte Frank A
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic divergence between populations, i.e. how much phenotypes within a species vary geographically, is critical to many aspects of ecology and evolution, including eco-geographical trends, speciation and coexistence. Yet, the variation of divergence across species with different ecologies and distributions and the relative role of adaptive causes remains little understood. We predict that genetic control...
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