Towards a more precise - and accurate - view of eco-evolution.

eco-evolutionary dynamics eco-evolutionary feedbacks ecological genetics rapid evolution

Journal

Ecology letters
ISSN: 1461-0248
Titre abrégé: Ecol Lett
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101121949

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Historique:
received: 18 01 2021
accepted: 03 02 2021
pubmed: 23 2 2021
medline: 19 3 2021
entrez: 22 2 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Over the past 15 years, the number of papers focused on 'eco-evo dynamics' has increased exponentially (Figure 1). This pattern suggests the rapid growth of a new, integrative discipline. We argue this overstates the case. First, the terms 'eco-evo dynamics' and 'eco-evo interactions' are used too imprecisely. As a result, many studies that claim to describe eco-evo dynamics are actually describing basic ecological or evolutionary processes. Second, these terms are often used as if the study of how ecological and evolutionary processes are intertwined is novel when, in fact, it is not. The result is confusion over what the term 'eco-evolution' and its derivatives describe. We advocate a more precise definition of eco-evolution that is more useful in efforts to understand and characterise the diversity of ecological and evolutionary processes and that focuses attention on the subset of those processes that occur only when ecological and evolutionary timescales are comparable. [Figure: see text].

Identifiants

pubmed: 33617684
doi: 10.1111/ele.13712
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

623-625

Informations de copyright

© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

Ronald D Bassar (RD)

Department of Biology, Williams College, MA, USA.

Tim Coulson (T)

Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Joseph Travis (J)

Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.

David N Reznick (DN)

Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.

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