| adaptive radiation |
The rapid production of new species within a clade fol lowing invasion of a new geographic region, or exploitation of a new ecologic opportunity.
Ãâó: www.earthscape.org/r3/erwin/glossary.html
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| adaptive radiation |
rapid speciation and diversification of a group into unoccupied ecological niches.
Ãâó: www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/classes/bio406/glossary...
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| adaptive radiation |
evolutionary divergence of members of a single phyletic line into many different niches.
Ãâó: www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG303/humnglos...
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| adaptive radiation |
Occurs when a species diversifies into multiple niches. This diversification is speciation-one species becomes many. Classic example: the prosimians of Madagascar.
Ãâó: www.missouri.edu/~anthmark/courses/mah/glossary.ht...
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| adaptive radiation |
The evolution of species into a diversity of previously unoccupied ecological niches.
Ãâó: www.rmrs.nau.edu/publications/ah_709/glossary.html
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