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SUBMITTER: De Lisle SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030607 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Lisle Stephen P SP Paiva Samuel S Rowe Locke L
Biology letters 20180601 6
Ecological differences between the sexes are often interpreted as evidence of within-species ecological character displacement (ECD), a hypothesis with almost no direct tests. Here, we experimentally test two predictions that are direct corollaries of ECD between the sexes, in a salamander. First, we find support for the prediction that each sex has a growth rate advantage in the aquatic microhabitat where it is most commonly found. Second, we test the prediction that selection for ECD in the br ...[more]