Ecological character displacement in the face of gene flow: Evidence from two species of nightingales

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ecological character displacement is a process of phenotypic differentiation of sympatric populations caused by interspecific competition. Such differentiation could facilitate speciation by enhancing reproductive isolation between i...

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Main Authors: Reif Jiří, Reifová Radka, Antczak Marcin, Nachman Michael W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/138