Experimental Tests of Rapid Eco-evolutionary Dynamics in a Plant-herbivore System

ISBN-10: 1124563350
ISBN-13: 9781124563350
Category: Brassica
Pages: 162
Language: English
Published: 2011
Author: Martin Mathieu Turcotte

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I then tested whether rapid evolution significantly impacts population dynamics in the wild. Evolving populations grew significantly faster, up to 42%, and reached up to 67% higher densities compared to non-evolving controls even in the face of environmental variation. Yet evolution only had this impact in the natural uncaged treatments highlighting that ecological context alters the strength of eco-evolutionary dynamics.

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