Article
Evaluating the targets of selection during character displacement.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2011
Martin Ryan A, Pfennig David W
Abstract excerpt
Ecological character displacement occurs when competition imposes divergent selection on interacting species, causing divergence in traits associated with resource use. Generally, divergence is assumed to occur when selection acts on the same, continuously varying trait in both species. However, selection might target multiple traits, and even closely related heterospecifics involved in character displacement...
Topics
- Animals
- Anura
- Biological Evolution
- Food Chain
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic