Faunas of Oceanic Islands
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Oceanic Islands: Models of Diversity
adaptive radiation Evolution of ecological and phenotypic diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage. allopatric Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. dioecious In plants, having the male and female reproductive organs borne on separate individuals of the same species. disharmony The nonrandom representation of biota among natural colonists of oceanic islands as compared w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1871
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/003488a0