Resumen
Colonization of islands can dramatically influence the evolutionary trajectories of organisms, with both deterministic and stochastic processes driving adaptation and diversification. Some island colonists evolve extremely large or small body sizes, presumably in response to unique ecological circumstances present on islands. One example of this phenomenon, the Greater Antillean boas, includes both small (
Idioma original | Inglés estadounidense |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 1882-1895 |
Número de páginas | 14 |
Publicación | Evolution; international journal of organic evolution |
Volumen | 70 |
N.º | 8 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 2016 |