Rapid evolution as an ecological process

被引:664
作者
Thompson, JN [1 ]
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[1] Washington State Univ, Dept Bot, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
[2] Washington State Univ, Dept Zool, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
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10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01378-0
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Rapid evolution of interspecific interactions (during a timespan of about 100 years) has the potential to be an important influence on the ecological dynamics of communities. However, despite the growing number of examples, rapid evolution is still not a standard working hypothesis for many ecological studies on the dynamics of population structure or the organization of communities. Analysis of rapid evolution as an ecological process has the potential to make evolutionary ecology one of the most central of applied biological sciences.
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