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The ecological causes and consequences of hard and soft selection.
Ecology letters - 1 Jul 2021
Bell Donovan A, Kovach Ryan P, Robinson Zachary L, Whiteley Andrew R, Reed Thomas E
Abstract excerpt
Interactions between natural selection and population dynamics are central to both evolutionary-ecology and biological responses to anthropogenic change. Natural selection is often thought to incur a demographic cost that, at least temporarily, reduces population growth. However, hard and soft selection clarify that the influence of natural selection on population dynamics depends on ecological context. Under...
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