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Co-occurrence of ecologically similar species of Hawaiian spiders reveals critical early phase of adaptive radiation.
BMC evolutionary biology - 19 Jun 2018
Cotoras Darko D, Bi Ke, Brewer Michael S, Lindberg David R, Prost Stefan, Gillespie Rosemary G
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BACKGROUND: The processes through which populations originate and diversify ecologically in the initial stages of adaptive radiation are little understood because we lack information on critical steps of early divergence. A key question is, at what point do closely related species interact, setting the stage for competition and ecological specialization? The Hawaiian Islands provide an ideal system to explore the...
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