Character displacement is the phenomenon where differences among similar species whose distributions overlap geographically are accentuated in regions...

to discriminate between species will persist in sympatry; and 2) character displacement, which implies that distinguishing characteristics will be heightened...

area than when competing species live in different areas is called character displacement. For the two finch species, beak size was displaced: Beaks became...

neotredecim in their narrow range of overlap show reproductive character displacement (RCD) that makes them even more distinct. (RCD functions to prevent...

large seeds with the large ground finch. This is an example of character displacement. In Evolution: Making Sense of Life, the takeaway from the Grants'...

fields. In 1956, he co-authored a paper defining the theory of character displacement. In 1967, he developed the theory of island biogeography with Robert...

hybrid zones can also be used to detect reinforcement. Reproductive character displacement is seen as a result of reinforcement, so many of the cases in nature...

populations as experiencing reproductive character displacement. Daniel J. Howard considered reproductive character displacement to represent either assortive mating...

E. (March 2015). "Flash signal evolution in Photinus fireflies: Character displacement and signal exploitation in a visual communication system". Evolution...

PMC 6330948. PMID 30648005. Werdelin, Lars (March 1996). "Community-wide character displacement in Miocene hyaenas". Lethaia. 29 (1): 97–106. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931...