Quantifying the effects of migration and mutation on adaptation and demography in spatially heterogeneous environments.

Abstract excerpt

How do mutation and gene flow influence population persistence, niche expansion and local adaptation in spatially heterogeneous environments? In this article, we analyse a demographic and evolutionary model of adaptation to an environment containing two habitats in equal frequencies, and we bridge the gap between different theoretical frameworks. Qualitatively, our model yields four qualitative types of outcomes:...

Topics

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Animal Migration
• Animals
• Demography
• Humans
• Models, Biological
• Mutation