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A field experiment demonstrating plant life-history evolution and its eco-evolutionary feedback to seed predator populations.
The American naturalist - 1 May 2013
Agrawal Anurag A, Johnson Marc T J, Hastings Amy P, Maron John L
Abstract excerpt
The extent to which evolutionary change occurs in a predictable manner under field conditions and how evolutionary changes feed back to influence ecological dynamics are fundamental, yet unresolved, questions. To address these issues, we established eight replicate populations of native common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). Each population was planted with 18 genotypes in identical frequency. By tracking...
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