BioConcepts

trait groupMerkmalsgruppe (ger.)

• A trait group is created by a subdivisioning of a population into groups that share certain traits. (HWB 2011)
  
  Eine Merkmalsgruppe entsteht aus der Unterteilung einer Population in Gruppen von Organismen, die gemeinsame Merkmale aufweisen. (HWB 2011)
  category selection

  1975

  trait group

  Wilson, D.S. (1975). A theory of group selection. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 72, 143-146: 144; id. (1983). The group selection controversy: history and current status. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 14, 159-187.

  1982

  trait group A group of individuals which showcompetitive, aggressive, sexual, defensive or other interaction with respect to a particular behavioural trait.

  Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 249.