Article
An emerging synthesis between community ecology and evolutionary biology.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 May 2007
Johnson Marc T J, Stinchcombe John R
Abstract excerpt
A synthesis between community ecology and evolutionary biology is emerging that identifies how genetic variation and evolution within one species can shape the ecological properties of entire communities and, in turn, how community context can govern evolutionary processes and patterns. This synthesis incorporates research on the ecology and evolution within communities over short timescales (community genetics...
Topics
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- Biological Evolution
- Ecology
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Plants
- Population Dynamics