- Observed Instances of Speciation
FAQ discussing several instances where speciation has been observed.
www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-speciation.html
- Wikipedia: Speciation
Hyperlinked article about the appearance of a new species of life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation
- Kimball's Biology Pages: Speciation
Outlines to role of geographic isolation, ecological opportunity, hybridization, competition, and adaptive radiation in the formation of new species.
users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Speciation.html
- Ensatina eschscholtzi: Speciation in Progress
Classic example of Darwinian evolution. This lungless salamander is now in the process of splitting into two or more species by means of gradualism.
www.santarosa.edu/lifesciences/ensatina.htm
- Evolution 101: Speciation
Allows readers to explore different ways to define a species and learn about the various processes through which speciation can occur.
evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VSpeciation.shtml
- Speciation and Biodiversity: Interview With Edward O. Wilson
Discussion about how the formation of new species can happen relatively quickly; however it process cannot keep up with the current extinction rate.
www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/wilson.html
- Species, Speciation, and the Environment
Article by Niles Eldredge outlining how environment change plays a major role in the evolution of species.
www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/eldredge.html
- Global Change: The Process of Speciation
Addresses the question: What is a species, and what are the different ways it can be defined?
www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/speciation/specia...
- Models of Speciation
Historical phenomenon that is a fundamental issue in evolutionary biology.
biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BIO48/21.Models.HTML
- Ring Species and Clinal Variation: Nature's Way of Making New Species
Links to reports, articles, and books dedication to the subject of speciation.
www.origins.tv/darwin/rings.htm
- Biology Century: Speciation
Covers what a species is, modes of speciation, and rates of speciation.
mywebpages.comcast.net/biologycentury/pages/speciation.html
- Ecological versus Sexual Selection Models of Sympatric Speciation: A Synthesis
(PDF)
Argues that the evolution of ecological and mating strategies are mutually dependent processes rather than independent phenomena corresponding to incompatible views of sympatric speciation.
www.bio.vu.nl/thb/course/ecol/DoorWeis2001.pdf
- Bead Model of Speciation: A Demonstration
Graphic depiction of a model of an evolutionary branching process described by Martin L. Weitzman in Biodiversity Loss: Economic and Ecological Issues.
www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/exercises/speciation/specidemo.html
- Evolution Library: Evolution of Diversity
Collection of articles looking at how individual species arise, how systematists classify them, or how many species are currently living on the planet.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/05/index.html
- Speciation in Rapidly Diverging Systems: Lessons From Lake Malawi
Examines the cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi, which have radiated from a single ancestor into more than 400 species over the past 700,000 years.
hcgs.unh.edu/Staff/kocher/pdfs/Danley2001.pdf#search='speciation'
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