Step back! Niche dynamics in cave-dwelling predators
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Speciation in cave-dwelling organisms
system for testing evolutionary and biogeographic hypotheses because of their isolation, simplicity of community structure and specialization. Adaptation to cave environments promotes the regression of functionless (unused) characters across a broad taxonomic range, in concert with evolutionary change in other morphological traits. Change typically involves the degeneration of eyes and loss of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Oecologica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1146-609X
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2016.06.011