Article
Reduction of adaptive genetic diversity radically alters eco-evolutionary community dynamics.
Ecology letters - 1 Aug 2010
Becks Lutz, Ellner Stephen P, Jones Laura E, Hairston Nelson G
Abstract excerpt
Adaptive variation in the traits determining ecological interactions can lead to evolution so rapid that ecological dynamics change course while in progress (i.e., 'eco-evolutionary dynamics'). However, little is known about how the qualitative properties of eco-evolutionary dynamics (e.g., cycling, equilibrium, etc.) are affected by the amount of heritable variation present. Here, we show that a change in the...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Models, Genetic
- Population Density
- Population Dynamics
- Predatory Behavior
- Rotifera