What is ecological speciation

By N. Patrik. 2012

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The geography of introgression in a patchy environment and the thorn in the side of ecological speciation (2013, background): “On the other hand, there is a renewed interest in ecological speciation, with studies focusing on ecologically-driven divergent selection as the primary factor driving the cascade of evolutionary processes leading to speciation (Schluter, 2001; Rundle and Nosil, 2005; Nosil and Feder, 2012).”
Ecological speciation in phytophagous insects (2010, methodology): “…point is that ecological speciation can occur under any geographic arrangement of populations (allopatry, parapatry, or sympatry), so long as divergent selection is the evolutionary process driving population divergence (Funk, 1998; Schluter, 1998, 2001; Coyne & Orr, 2004; Rundle & Nosil, 2005).”
Cultural traditions and the evolution of reproductive isolation: ecological speciation in killer whales? (2012, methodology): “This model is referred to as ecological speciation, and can apply to allopatric, parapatric, and sympatric populations, as long as divergent selection is the ultimate cause of both population differentiation and reproductive isolation (Rundle & Nosil, 2005).”
Niche Breadth: Causes and Consequences for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation (2020, background): “In some cases, this increased NB through positive biotic interactions can allow subsequent niche divergence, reproductive isolation, and ecological speciation in diverging lineages, as discussed below (Hawthorne and Via 2001; Nosil 2012).”
What are fungal species and how to delineate them? (2021, background): “Sexual selection or the type of reproduction also plays a role in speciation (Nosil 2012).”
Finding the Genomic Basis of Local Adaptation: Pitfalls, Practical Solutions, and Future Directions (2016, positive): “In cases where ecological divergence among populations is driving the evolution of reproductive isolation, identifying the loci underlying local adaptation may help elucidate the process of speciation (Clausen 1951; Coyne and Orr 2004; Rundle and Nosil 2005).”
Cichlid fishes as models of ecological diversification: patterns, mechanisms, and consequences (2015, background): “For example, diversification of nuptial phenotypes (via sexual selection), such as color pattern, is not inherently an ecological phenomenon (Nosil, 2012).”
Reproductive isolation and the causes of speciation rate variation in nature (2016, background): “The study of speciation has largely been the study of the factors that generate and maintain reproductive isolation (Coyne & Orr, 2004; Wu & Ting, 2004; Mahehwari & Barbash, 2011; Nosil, 2012).”
Eurythoe complanata (Polychaeta: Amphinomidae), the ‘cosmopolitan’ fireworm, consists of at least three cryptic species (2010, background): “A sympatric or parapatric speciation event could be related to an adaptive divergence to a new environment (Rundle and Nosil 2005), represented by the shallow bottoms that appeared during the formation of the southern Atlantic islands.”
Twelve new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from isolated limestone habitats in east-central and southern Myanmar demonstrate high localized diversity and unprecedented microendemism (2018, background): “…unique combinations of ecological features—vertical to inverted substrates, climatic stability, low illumination, relaxed predation, reduced prey base—not found in the surrounding forested areas and can promote and drive ecological speciation (Schluter, 2001; Rundle & Nosil, 2005; Nosil, 2012).”
Underappreciated Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity for Ecological Speciation (2012, background): “Ecological speciation is the evolution of reproductive isolation as a consequence of divergent ecological adaptation [28, 51, 52].”
Ecotypes and the controversy over stages in the formation of new species (2012, background): “…(Schluter, 1996, 2009; Rundle et al., 2000; Lexer & Fay, 2005; Rundle & Nosil, 2005; Smadja & Butlin, 2011) and the widespread identification of partially reproductively isolated ecotypes and host races within species (Schluter, 2001; Dres & Mallet, 2002; Rundle & Nosil, 2005; Egan & Funk, 2009).”
Natural fragmentation in river networks as a driver of speciation for freshwater fishes (2013, background): “The relative importance of factors contributing to diversification remains thus an active research area (Orr and Smith 1998, Losos and Schluter 2000, Rundle and Nosil 2005, Ricklefs and Bermingham 2007, Gavrilets and Losos 2009, Hortal et al. 2011).”