THE PARADOX OF THE PHYLOGENY: CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT OF ANALYSES OF BODY SIZE IN ISLAND ANOLIS

• Published in: Evolution Vol. 50; no. 2; p. 594
• Main Authors: Miles, Donald B, Dunham, Arthur E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.1996
• Subjects: linear parsimony; Anolis; phylogeny; squared-change parsimony; Lesser Antilles; character displacement; evolution of body size; taxon cycle

The evolution of body size in Anolis lizards of the Lesser Antilles Islands has been the subject of intensive, if divisive, study. Early research by Schoener revealed a regularity in the number of Anolis species that coexisted on islands and the difference in body size between coexisting congeners i...