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| Title |
Widespread disruptive selection in the wild is associated with intense resource competition
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-136 |
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| Authors |
Ryan A Martin, David W Pfennig |
| Abstract |
Disruptive selection has been documented in a growing number of natural populations. Yet, its prevalence within individual systems remains unclear. Furthermore, few studies have sought to identify the ecological factors that promote disruptive selection in the wild. To address these issues, we surveyed 15 populations of Mexican spadefoot toad tadpoles, Spea multiplicata, and measured the prevalence of disruptive selection acting on resource-use phenotypes. We also evaluated the relationship between the strength of disruptive selection and the intensity of intraspecific competition-an ecological agent hypothesized to be an important driver of disruptive selection. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 24% |
| Researcher | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 11% |
| Other | 9 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 45 | 68% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 14% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 8 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 May 2021.
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#6,753,656
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#1,503
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#46,577
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#24
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