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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 141-152Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.002
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- National Science Foundation [DEB-1050459, DEB-1258203]
- US Geological Survey Mendenhall Fellowship
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1258203] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1050459] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The interplay of ecology and evolution has been a rich area of research for decades. A surge of interest in this area was catalyzed by the observation that evolution by natural selection can operate at the same contemporary timescales as ecological dynamics. Specifically, recent eco-evolutionary research focuses on how rapid adaptation influences ecology, and vice versa. Evolution by non adaptive forces also occurs quickly, with ecological consequences, but understanding the full scope of ecology-evolution (eco-evo) interactions requires explicitly addressing population-level processes - genetic and demographic. We show the strong ecological effects of non-adaptive evolutionary forces and, more broadly, the value of population-level research for gaining a mechanistic understanding of eco-evo interactions. The breadth of eco-evolutionary research should expand to incorporate the breadth of evolution itself.
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