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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 136-146Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.12.009
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- KU Leuven Research Fund [PF/2010/07, SF/14/017]
- Belspo IAP project SPEEDY
- NSF [DEB-1119877, PLR-14177754]
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
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Biologists are often confronted with high levels of unexplained variation when studying the processes that determine genetic and species diversity. Here, we argue that eco-evolutionary interactions might often play an important role during colonization and have longstanding effects on populations and communities. Adaptation following colonization can produce a strong positive feedback loop that promotes priority effects and context-dependent trajectories of population or species assembly. We establish how monopolization, and more generally evolution-mediated priority effects, influence ecological patterns at multiple scales of space, time, and biological organization. We then highlight the underappreciated implications for our understanding of population and landscape genetics, adaptive evolution, community diversity, biogeography, and conservation biology. We indicate multiple future directions for research, including extending theory beyond competition.
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