For this reason, they have been described as "an excellent example of adaptive radiation".

Following this paper, Stebbins developed the first model of adaptive radiation.

Palms appear to have undergone an early period of adaptive radiation.

Flying gave the birds access to many new habitats, and an adaptive radiation took place.

A widely known process of divergent evolution is adaptive radiation.

The Permian was also a period of adaptive radiation in insects.

Four features can be used to identify an adaptive radiation:

Beetles went through a massive adaptive radiation early in their evolutionary history.

One particular cause of divergent species is adaptive radiation.

The evolution from a single group to various forms adapted to different environments and ways of life is called adaptive radiation.

Adaptive radiation and speciation rates can be high in parasites.

Once the amniotes were truly land animals, there followed a huge adaptive radiation.

The Devonian period experienced the first significant adaptive radiation of terrestrial life.

This suggests that the very deep ocean has fostered adaptive radiations.

Ants became dominant after adaptive radiation at the beginning of the Paleogene period.

Adaptive radiation in sticklebacks - size, shape, and habitat use efficiency.

The gradual spreading of organisms with adaptive radiation is known as divergent evolution.

An example of adaptive radiation is found among the teleosts (the ray-finned fishes).

The proterosuchids represent perhaps the earliest adaptive radiation of the archosaurs.

It can have important effects on the dynamics of hybrid zones, speciation and adaptive radiation.

Endemism is often the result of adaptive radiation.

Acanthostega is part of widespread evolutionary adaptive radiation in the late Devonian period.

Fossil bryozoans first appear in the early Ordovician and had a huge adaptive radiation.

This adaptive radiation produced the first members of the main groups of animals, called phyla.

Applies paleobiology to the adaptive radiation of fishes and quadrupeds.