In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms,...

their environment, they are termed adaptive radiations. Perhaps the most familiar example of an evolutionary radiation is that of placental mammals immediately...

species boundaries. Adaptive radiation Species complex Ecological speciation Gittenberger, E. (1991-08-01). "What about non-adaptive radiation?". Biological...

diverged to occupy different ecological niches (a process called adaptive radiation) and how sticklebacks have coevolved with their parasites. Most eco-evolutionary...

Mustelinae. Mustelid species diversity is often attributed to an adaptive radiation coinciding with the mid-Miocene climate transition. Contrary to expectations...

flowering plants in the Triassic (~200 million years ago), with an adaptive radiation in the Cretaceous so rapid that Darwin called it an "abominable mystery"...

anole lizards. Anolis lizards are some of the best examples of both adaptive radiation and convergent evolution. Populations of lizards on isolated islands...

colonize island archipelagos exhibit a specific property known as adaptive radiation. In this process, a species that arrives on a group of islands rapidly...

alliance provides a convincing natural case study in evolution by adaptive radiation, with the greensword representing one extreme of the genus' plasticity...

other finch. Their great morphological diversity is the result of adaptive radiation in an insular environment. Many have been driven to extinction since...

processes; the dung beetles, day geckos, and lemurs are all examples of adaptive radiation. Many bones (250 bones per square metre) of recently extinct vertebrates...

believed that the lever mechanism is a key factor in the speciation, adaptive radiation, and diversity of this large genus. George Bentham was first to give...

alliance. Botanist P. H. Raven referred to this radiation as "the best example of adaptive radiation in plants". Species in Argyroxiphium are perennial...

evolutionary literature. Examples of divergence in nature are the adaptive radiation of the finches of the Galápagos, changes in mobbing behavior of the...

"non-adaptive radiation" referring to diversification not accompanied by adaptation into various significantly different niches. Such radiations are explanation...

modern primates, rodents, and carnivores appears to be part of an adaptive radiation that took place as mammals quickly evolved to take advantage of ecological...

have also altered vocalizations in Darwin's finches. Species flock Adaptive radiation Island gigantism and island dwarfism Grant & Grant 2008, p. 3 Marsh...

or a sister group to all lamniforms. Lamniformes underwent a major adaptive radiation during the Cretaceous and became prominent elements of oceanic ecosystems...

evolutionary opportunities: in its wake, many groups underwent remarkable adaptive radiation—sudden and prolific divergence into new forms and species within the...

living in the environment. Such clusters form through a process of adaptive radiation where a single ancestral species colonises an island that has a variety...

Hawaiian honeycreeper—warbler-niched-(adaptive radiation), genus H. virens–common amakihi. (See: List of adaptive radiated honeycreepers) Wilson, Eisner...

particle radiation consists of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic...

to adapt different environmental conditions and modes of life, it is called adaptive radiation. The gradual spreading of organisms with adaptive radiation...

suborder. Antarctic fish are best known for their uses in studying adaptive radiation, the ecological process that causes the rapid development of several...

deep seafloor. Deep sea whale falls are thought to be hotspots of adaptive radiation for specialized fauna. Organisms that have been observed at deep-sea...

different habitats of different islands) is key to the process of adaptive radiation "Class of 1983". Columbia College Report. Retrieved 2022-08-13. Lenski...

Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods". Systematic Biology. 67...

Nicolas (December 2014). "Hybridisation and diversification in the adaptive radiation of clownfishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 245. Bibcode:2014BMCEE...

selected for three distinct traits, which played important roles in the adaptive radiation of terrestrial vertebrates: high maximum rate of aerobic metabolism...

resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation". BMC Biol. 6 (1): 4–5. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-10. PMC 2276185. PMID 18275614...