The impact of rapid evolution on population dynamics in the wild: Experimental test of eco-evolutionary dynamics

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1084-1092

  Turcotte, Martin M ^a   Reznick, David N ^b   Hare, J Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid dynamics; Brassica pest; Clonal selection; Contemporary evolution; Eco evolutionary feedback; Ecological genetics; Evolution enlightened management; Experimental evolution; Population growth rate

Indexed keywords

APHID; CLONAL ORGANISM; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRASSICACEAE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRASSICACEAE; ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA; HIRSCHFELDIA INCANA; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 81155162402     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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