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Kin competition accelerates experimental range expansion in an arthropod herbivore.
Ecology letters - 1 Feb 2018
Van Petegem Katrien, Moerman Felix, Dahirel Maxime, Fronhofer Emanuel A, Vandegehuchte Martijn L, Van Leeuwen Thomas, Wybouw Nicky, Stoks Robby, Bonte Dries
Abstract excerpt
With ongoing global change, life is continuously forced to move to novel areas, which leads to dynamically changing species ranges. As dispersal is central to range dynamics, factors promoting fast and distant dispersal are key to understanding and predicting species ranges. During range expansions, genetic variation is depleted at the expanding front. Such conditions should reduce evolutionary potential, while...
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