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Limited evolutionary rescue of locally adapted populations facing climate change.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Jan 2013
Schiffers Katja, Bourne Elizabeth C, Lavergne Sébastien, Thuiller Wilfried, Travis Justin M J
Abstract excerpt
Dispersal is a key determinant of a population's evolutionary potential. It facilitates the propagation of beneficial alleles throughout the distributional range of spatially outspread populations and increases the speed of adaptation. However, when habitat is heterogeneous and individuals are locally adapted, dispersal may, at the same time, reduce fitness through increasing maladaptation. Here, we use a...
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