Natural selection is less efficient at species range edges

Abstract excerpt

Changing species distributions due to global change underscore a pressing need to better understand range limits. However, our knowledge of general determinants of range limits remains poor despite over a century of work. Theoretical models demonstrate that genetic drift should strengthen across environmental gradients. This can limit natural selection to the point where populations can no longer adapt to new cond...

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• Biological Evolution
• Climate Change
• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Genetic Drift
• Models, Biological
• Population Dynamics
• Selection, Genetic

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Literature Corpus work

286dba09-4abf-535a-876d-02858bfd5f60

DOI

10.32942/x2nk6n