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Rapid evolution accelerates plant population spread in fragmented experimental landscapes.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 29 Jul 2016

Williams Jennifer L, Kendall Bruce E, Levine Jonathan M

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Predicting the speed of biological invasions and native species migrations requires an understanding of the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of spreading populations. Theory predicts that evolution can accelerate species' spread velocity, but how landscape patchiness--an important control over traits under selection--influences this process is unknown. We manipulated the response to selection in populations...

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PMID: 27471303
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf6268

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