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Insect outbreak shifts the direction of selection from fast to slow growth rates in the long-lived conifer Pinus ponderosa.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Jul 2017
de la Mata Raul, Hood Sharon, Sala Anna
Abstract excerpt
Long generation times limit species' rapid evolution to changing environments. Trees provide critical global ecosystem services, but are under increasing risk of mortality because of climate change-mediated disturbances, such as insect outbreaks. The extent to which disturbance changes the dynamics and strength of selection is unknown, but has important implications on the evolutionary potential of tree...
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