Eco-evolutionary dynamics in plants: Interactive processes at overlapping time-scales and their implications

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 789-797

  Shefferson, Richard P ^a   Salguero Gómez, Roberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Eco evolutionary cascades; Eco evolutionary feedback; Ecological time; Evolutionary time; Interaction; Plant population and community dynamics; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EDGE EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIMESCALE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84931457202     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12432     Document Type: Article

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