• Media type: E-Book; Thesis
  • Title: Evolution of Melicope J.R.Forst & G.Forst (Rutaceae), the largest adaptive radiation of woody plants on the Hawaiian Islands
  • Contributor: Pätzold, Claudia [Author]; Hörandl, Elvira [Degree supervisor]; Schmidt, Alexander [Degree supervisor]; Behling, Hermann [Degree supervisor]; Christoph, Bleidorn [Degree supervisor]; Gailing, Oliver [Degree supervisor]; Kreft, Holger [Degree supervisor]
  • Published: Göttingen, 2020
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource; Illustrationen, Diagramme
  • Language: English
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  • Keywords: Hochschulschrift
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  • University thesis: Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2020
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  • Description: Adaptive radiation describes the divergence of an ancestral taxon into multiple, phenotypically diverse species, adapted to a range of ecological niches by means of natural selection. The process is recognized as a fundamental reason for the origin of biodiversity. The main driver of adaptive radiation is ecological opportunity, though the specific agents are often poorly understood with the exception of some iconic lineages. Many well-studied adaptive radiations are island endemics, which makes island systems an ideal study system for adaptive radiation. Oceanic islands represent discrete ...
  • Access State: Open Access