Factors Influencing Progress toward Ecological Speciation
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1CNRS, UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 45 Rue Buffon, CP50, 75005 Paris, France 2CIBIO/UP—Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, R. Monte-Crasto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal 3 IBE—Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Avenue Doctor Aiguader N88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain 4Department of Botany, 3165, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071, USA 5Redpath Museum and Department of Biology, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2K6
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