Most studies of character displacement are based on comparing populations to make inferences about evolution past. This book synthesizes the results of a different approach: studying evolution as it unfolds. One product of this long-term effort is a fully documented case of ECD in the beak of ...
character displacementcompetitioneco-evolutionary dynamicsgenetic assimilationsexual selectionThe article reviews the book "Evolution's Wedge: Competition & the Origins of Diversity" by David W. Pfennig and Karin S. Pfennig.HARMONUniversity of IdahoDepartment of Biological SciencesLUKE J....
CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT VIA AGGRESSIVE INTERFERENCE IN ReportsBiology, Organismal
This process, called character displacement, results as natural selection favours those individuals in each species that compete least with individuals of the other species. Experimental studies of coexisting seed-feeding rodents in the deserts of North America have shown that these species have evolved ...