Article
Comparing the effects of rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity on predator-prey dynamics.
The American naturalist - 1 Sept 2011
Yamamichi Masato, Yoshida Takehito, Sasaki Akira
Abstract excerpt
Ecologists have increasingly focused on how rapid adaptive trait changes can affect population dynamics. Rapid adaptation can result from either rapid evolution or phenotypic plasticity, but their effects on population dynamics are seldom compared directly. Here we examine theoretically the effects of rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity of antipredatory defense on predator-prey dynamics. Our analyses reveal...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Environment
- Genotype
- Microbial Interactions
- Models, Biological
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Population Dynamics
- Predatory Behavior