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SCIENCE
Volume 315, Issue 5818, Pages 1571-1574Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139024
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- NIA NIH HHS [P01 AG 22500, P01 AG022500-04, P01 AG022500] Funding Source: Medline
- NERC [cpb010001] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [cpb010001, NER/A/S/2003/00461] Funding Source: researchfish
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Population dynamics and evolutionary change are linked by the fundamental biological processes of birth and death. This means that population growth may correlate with the strength of selection, whereas evolutionary change can leave an ecological signature. We decompose population growth in an age-structured population into contributions from variation in a quantitative trait. We report that the distribution of body sizes within a population of Soay sheep can markedly influence population dynamics, accounting for up to one-fifth of observed population growth. Our results suggest that there is substantial opportunity for evolutionary dynamics to leave an ecological signature and visa versa.
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