Why rapid, adaptive evolution matters for community dynamics

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Koch, Hanna ^a   Frickel, Jens ^a   Valiadi, Martha ^a   Becks, Lutz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer resource; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Eco evolutionary feedback; Rapid evolution; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928777565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00017     Document Type: Review

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