Why is adaptation prevented at ecological margins? New insights from individual-based simulations

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-494

  Bridle, Jon R ^a,b   Polechová, Jitka ^c,d   Kawata, Masakado ^e   Butlin, Roger K ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dispersal load; Ecological margin; Habitat patch; Individual based simulation; Population ecology; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARRYING CAPACITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951763172     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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