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Invasions and extinctions through the looking glass of evolutionary ecology.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Jan 2017
Colautti Robert I, Alexander Jake M, Dlugosch Katrina M, Keller Stephen R, Sultan Sonia E
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Invasive and endangered species reflect opposite ends of a spectrum of ecological success, yet they experience many similar eco-evolutionary challenges including demographic bottlenecks, hybridization and novel environments. Despite these similarities, important differences exist. Demographic bottlenecks are more transient in invasive species, which (i) maintains ecologically relevant genetic variation, (ii)...
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