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Form of speciation from isolation
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. Ecological factors can include changes in the environmental conditions in which a species experiences, such as behavioral changes involving predation, predator avoidance, pollinator attraction, and foraging; as well as changes in mate choice due to sexual selection or communication systems. Ecologically-driven reproductive isolation under divergent natural selection leads to the formation of new species. This has been documented in many cases in nature and has been a major focus of research on speciation for the past few decades. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Ecological speciationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The role of divergent ecological adaptation during allopatric speciation in vertebratesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Life-history organization of cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake and its management implicationsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: THE EVOLUTION OF ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATIONCited 2,040 times
- Go sideways: Evidence for speciation by reinforcementA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Laboratory experiments of speciationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
THE EVOLUTION OF ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION
Ecological speciation
Evidence for Ecological Speciation and Its Alternative
Ecological Character Displacement and Speciation in Sticklebacks
Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation
Adaptive radiation, nonadaptive radiation, ecological speciation and nonecological speciation
Genetics and ecological speciation
Ecological speciation in postglacial fishes
🆕 Influential since 2022
The role of divergent ecological adaptation during allopatric speciation in vertebrates
Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits
The occurrence, speciation, and ecological effect of plastic pollution in the bay ecosystems
Ecological Speciation Promoted by Divergent Regulation of Functional Genes Within African Cichlid Fishes
Accumulation, chemical speciation and ecological risks of heavy metals on expanded polystyrene microplastics in seawater
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Life-history organization of cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake and its management implicationsRobert E. Gresswell · 1994
Morphological and ecological variation in the flying lizards (genus Draco)Robert F. Inger · 1983
Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity In TTimothy Boyle · 1995- 📕Ėkologicheskie faktory vidoobrazovanii͡a︡ u ptit͡s︡E. I. Khlebosolov · 1999
- 📕An atlas of speciation in African non-passerine birdsSnow, David · 1978
Marine populationsSinclair, Michael · 1988
Transformation Products of Synthetic Chemicals in the EnvironmentAlistair B. A. Boxall · 2009
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🔗 Related topics
- Evidence for speciation by reinforcement Reinforcement is a process within speciation where natural selection increases the reproductive isolation between two populations of species by reducing…
- Laboratory experiments of speciation Laboratory experiments of speciation have been conducted for all four modes of speciation: allopatric, peripatric, parapatric, and sympatric; and various…
- Allochronic speciation Allochronic speciation (also known as allochronic isolation, or temporal isolation) is a form of speciation (specifically ecological speciation) arising…
- Reinforcement (speciation) Reinforcement is a process of speciation where natural selection increases the reproductive isolation (further divided to pre-zygotic isolation and post-zygotic…
- Parapatric speciation In parapatric speciation, two subpopulations of a species evolve reproductive isolation from one another while continuing to exchange genes. This mode…
- History of speciation The scientific study of speciation — how species evolve to become new species — began around the time of Charles Darwin in the middle of the 19th century…
- Peripatric speciation Peripatric speciation is a mode of speciation in which a new species is formed from an isolated peripheral population. Since peripatric speciation resembles…
- Allopatric speciation Allopatric speciation is a mode of speciation that occurs when biological populations become geographically isolated from each other to an extent that…