Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Adaptive Radiation

Biologic evolution in a group of related species that is characterized by spreading into different environments and by divergence of structure, e.g. the 14 species of finch in the Galápagos archipelago, and hundreds of Hawaiian fruit fly species (the Hawaiian radiation).

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adaptive zone (... ; often results in an adaptive radiation.)
Hawaiian radiation (Specific instance of adaptive radiation proposed by H. L. Carson and others to explain the ...)
radiation (... of electromagnetic waves. 3. see adaptive radiation.)
ecological release (Condition in which an adaptive radiation occurs because of species extinctions that make a ...)
species selection (... species will display infrequent adaptive radiations.)