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Revisiting evolutionary rescue in the wild.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Aug 2026
Balstad Laurinne J, Baskett Marissa L, Carlson Stephanie M, Cunningham Curry J, Westley Peter A H
Abstract excerpt
Environmental change is rapidly occurring. Theoretical and experimental work predicts that evolution can facilitate population persistence in novel and changing environments [evolutionary rescue (ER)]. Recent examples now allow for testing foundational ER hypotheses in wild systems. We propose a more nuanced view for identifying ER by emphasizing the probabilistic role of evolution in reducing extinction risk...
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