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SUBMITTER: Phillips JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7001848 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Phillips John G JG Linscott T Mason TM Rankin Andrew M AM Kraemer Andrew C AC Shoobs Nathaniel F NF Parent Christine E CE
The Journal of heredity 20200201 1
Newly arrived species on young or remote islands are likely to encounter less predation and competition than source populations on continental landmasses. The associated ecological release might facilitate divergence and speciation as colonizing lineages fill previously unoccupied niche space. Characterizing the sequence and timing of colonization on islands represents the first step in determining the relative contributions of geographical isolation and ecological factors in lineage diversifica ...[more]