Ecological speciation
Nosil, PatrikAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to the formation of new species when barriers to gene flow (reproductive isolation) evolve between populations as a result of ecologically based divergent natural selection. This process of 'ecological speciation' has seen a large body of focused research in the last ten to fifteen years, and a review and synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature is now timely.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to the formation of new species when barriers to gene flow (reproductive isolation) evolve between populations as a result of ecologically based divergent natural selection. This process of 'ecological speciation' has seen a large body of focused research in the last ten to fifteen years, and a review and synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature is now timely.
Description based on print version record.
Species
Evolution (Biology)
Niche (Ecology)
Isolating mechanisms
Biodiversity
Biology
Health & Biological Sciences
Evolution