The existence and evolution of morphotypes in

Adaptive radiation Assembly rules Community ecology Ecomorphs Evolution Lizards Sympatry

Journal

PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 21 11 2017
accepted: 30 10 2018
entrez: 11 1 2019
pubmed: 11 1 2019
medline: 11 1 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The evolution of distinct ecologies and correlated morphologies ("ecomorphs," in combination) among similar species allows sympatric occupation of diverse microhabitats. Particular ecomorphs may evolve repeatedly, that is, convergently, as separate lineages arrive at similar solutions. Caribbean

Identifiants

pubmed: 30627481
doi: 10.7717/peerj.6040
pii: 6040
pmc: PMC6321754
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e6040

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Steven Poe (S)

Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Christopher G Anderson (CG)

Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

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