Influence of learning on range expansion and adaptation to novel habitats

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2201-2214

  Sutter, M ^b   Kawecki, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Heterogeneous environments; Local adaptation; Marginal habitats; Niche evolution; Plasticity; Source sink populations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANGE EXPANSION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LEARNING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 70350426529     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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