Co-occurrence of ecologically similar species of Hawaiian spiders reveals critical early phase of adaptive radiation

Abstract 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,...

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Main Authors: Darko D. Cotoras, Ke Bi, Michael S. Brewer, David R. Lindberg, Stefan Prost, Rosemary G. Gillespie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1209-y