Ecological speciation is a form of speciation arising from reproductive isolation that occurs due to an ecological factor that reduces or eliminates gene flow between two populations of a species.

2005年1月20日 · Here we review ecological speciation by considering its constituent components: an ecological source of divergent selection, a form of reproductive isolation, and a genetic mechanism linking the two.

Ecological speciation is the process by which new species form as a consequence of divergent natural selection between contrasting ecological environments. Numerous examples of this process now exist.

2012年3月15日 · The book begins by clarifying what ecological speciation is, its alternatives, and the predictions that can be used to test for it. It then reviews the three components of ecological speciation and discusses the geography and genomic basis of the process.

2009年2月6日 · Tests of parallel evolution of reproductive isolation, trait-based assortative mating, and reproductive isolation by active selection have demonstrated that ecological speciation is a common means by which new species arise.

‘Ecological speciation’ is a mode of speciation in which adaptation to different environments causes populations to diverge and develop reproductive isolation from each other. This classical hypothesis has matured in the field of evolutionary ecology …

More specifically, ecological speciation is defined as the process by which barriers to gene flow evolve between populations as a result of ecologically-based divergent selection...