Evidence that implicit assumptions of ‘no evolution’ of disease vectors in changing environments can be violated on a rapid timescale

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1665, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Egizi, Andrea ^a   Fefferman, Nina H ^a   Fonseca, Dina M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Climate change; Metapopulation; Natural selection; Rapid evolution; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; TIMESCALE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME FACTOR;

AEDES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INSECT VECTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923011774     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0136     Document Type: Article

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