Coexistence, Coevolution and Convergent Evolution in Seabird Communities: A Comment

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<jats:p>A recent article paralleling two seabird (Alcidae) communities of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans in reviewed critically. The quantitative basis upon which the argument of spatial segregation is based is demonstrated to be ethereal at best. Doubts are also raised about the appropriateness of comparing a fragment of a large North Pacific community, lacking many of its important elements, with an entire North Atlantic one. The model of ecological segregation proposed for these birds in burdened with shortcomings and cannot adequately describe any significant trait of the organization of the bird communities involved.</jats:p>

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  • Ecology

    Ecology 57 (1), 177-184, 1976-01

    Wiley

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