Ecological speciation is a form of speciation arising from reproductive isolation that occurs due to an ecological factor that reduces or eliminates gene...

is a minor or major contributor to speciation is the subject of much ongoing discussion. Rapid sympatric speciation can take place through polyploidy,...

Allopatric speciation (from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) 'other', and πατρίς (patrís) 'fatherland') – also referred to as geographic speciation, vicariant...

explains the derivation. Sympatric speciation is one of three traditional geographic modes of speciation. Allopatric speciation is the evolution of species caused...

distinguish it from the typical definition of ecological speciation: "It is useful to consider ecological speciation as its own form of species formation because...

process of speciation. This process of speciation influenced by natural selection is reinforcement, and can happen under any mode of speciation: 355  (e...

"stepping-stone" (discrete populations), and stasipatric speciation in concordance with most of the parapatric speciation literature.: 111  Henceforth, the models are...

populations of living organisms. ecological isolation ecological niche See niche. ecological speciation A type of speciation in which reproductive isolation...

part of that century. Since then, research on speciation has expanded immensely. The language of speciation has grown more complex. Debate over classification...

Peripatric speciation is a mode of speciation in which a new species is formed from an isolated peripheral population.: 105  Since peripatric speciation resembles...