Article
Intraspecific adaptive radiation: Competition, ecological opportunity, and phenotypic diversification within species.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2017
Levis Nicholas A, Martin Ryan A, O'Donnell Kerry A, Pfennig David W
Abstract excerpt
Intraspecific variation in resource-use traits can have profound ecological and evolutionary implications. Among the most striking examples are resource polymorphisms, where alternative morphs that utilize different resources evolve within a population. An underappreciated aspect of their evolution is that the same conditions that favor resource polymorphism-competition and ecological opportunity-might foster...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Anura
- Ecosystem
- Feeding Behavior
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic