How the type of anthropogenic change alters the consequences of ecological traps

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1738, 2012, Pages 2546-2552

  Fletcher, Robert J ^a   Orrock, John L ^b   Robertson, Bruce A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractive sink; Evolutionary trap; Habitat selection; Maladaptation; Price equation; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84987749373     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0139     Document Type: Article

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