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Ecological Gradient Divergence

Ecological Gradient Divergence is a speciation model in which reproductive isolation evolves as a byproduct of divergent natural selection across an environmental gradient, distinguishing it from other speciation models by emphasizing continuous spatial variation in ecological pressures as the primary driver of population differentiation.

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392

Authors

239

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2017–2026

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102

Interspecific Territories of Birds

Gordon H. Orians, Mary F. Willson · Ecology · 1964 · 347 citations

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A test of alternative models of diversification in tropical rainforests: Ecological gradients vs. rainforest refugia

Christopher J. Schneider, Thomas B. Smith, Brenda Larison et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 335 citations · Full text

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Ecology Predicts Levels of Genetic Differentiation in Neotropical Birds

Curtis W. Burney, Robb T. Brumfield · The American Naturalist · 2009 · 285 citations

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REINFORCEMENT OF STICKLEBACK MATE PREFERENCES: SYMPATRY BREEDS CONTEMPT

Howard D. Rundle, Dolph Schluter · Evolution · 1998 · 244 citations · Full text

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Convergent Evolution and Divergent Selection: Lizards at the White Sands Ecotone

Erica Bree Rosenblum · The American Naturalist · 2005 · 240 citations

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Authors

392

  1. TB
    Thomas B. Smith

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    8 publications · 821 citations

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  2. WB
    Wolfgang Buermann

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    4 publications · 213 citations

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  3. CJ
    Christopher J. Schneider

    Boston University, United States

    3 publications · 496 citations

    3

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  4. AH
    Adam H. Freedman

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 164 citations

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  5. BM
    Borja Milá

    Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain

    3 publications · 74 citations

    3

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Institutions

239

  1. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    26 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    29 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

    Madrid, Spain

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    130 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    777 citations

  6. San Francisco State University

    San Francisco, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    506 citations

  8. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

    Dübendorf, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    638 citations

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Venues

  1. Molecular Ecology

    10 publications · 888 citations

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  2. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 9 publications · 407 citations

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  3. Evolution

    7 publications · 650 citations

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  4. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    6 publications · 181 citations

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 5 publications · 732 citations

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