Most studies of adaptive radiation in animals focus on resource competition as the primary driver of trait divergence. (amnat.org)
But this nice example of adaptive radiation — a single ancestor giving rise to an array of species all exploiting slightly different environmental niches — has been largely overlooked by biologists before now. (newscientist.com)
«The Hawaiian honeycreepers are a classic example of adaptive radiation in animals, second only to Darwin's finches,» she says. (sciencenews.org)