Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

JS Albert, AC Carnaval, SGA Flantua, LG Lohmann… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural
activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity …

When will a changing climate outpace adaptive evolution?

RA Martin, CRB da Silva, MP Moore… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of research have illuminated the underlying ingredients that determine the scope
of evolutionary responses to climate change. The field of evolutionary biology therefore …

Fluctuating selection maintains distinct species phenotypes in an ecological community in the wild

JT Stroud, MP Moore… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Species' phenotypic characteristics often remain unchanged over long stretches of
geological time. Stabilizing selection—in which fitness is highest for intermediate …

Ionizing radiation and melanism in Chornobyl tree frogs

P Burraco, G Orizaola - Evolutionary applications, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human actions are altering ecosystems worldwide. Among human‐released pollutants,
ionizing radiation arises as a rare but potentially devastating threat to natural systems. The …

Predicting rapid adaptation in time from adaptation in space: A 30-year field experiment in marine snails

D Garcia Castillo, N Barton, R Faria, J Larsson… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Predicting the outcomes of adaptation is a major goal of evolutionary biology. When
temporal changes in the environment mirror spatial gradients, it opens up the potential for …

How does genetic architecture affect eco-evolutionary dynamics? A theoretical perspective

M Yamamichi - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent studies have revealed the importance of feedbacks between contemporary rapid
evolution (ie evolution that occurs through changes in allele frequencies) and ecological …

Cross-disciplinary information for understanding macroevolution

LH Liow, J Uyeda, G Hunt - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Many different macroevolutionary models can produce the same observations. Despite
efforts in building more complex and realistic models, it may still be difficult to distinguish the …

Phenotypic selection in natural populations: what have we learned in 40 years?

EI Svensson - Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In 1983, Russell Lande and Stevan Arnold published “The measurement of
selection on correlated characters,” which became a highly influential citation classic in …

SEED: A framework for integrating ecological stoichiometry and eco‐evolutionary dynamics

RW El‐Sabaawi, KD Lemmen, PD Jeyasingh… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Characterising the extent and sources of intraspecific variation and their ecological
consequences is a central challenge in the study of eco‐evolutionary dynamics. Ecological …

Pollution gradient leads to local adaptation and small-scale spatial variability of communities and functions in an urban marine environment

RPM Gauff, D Davoult, S Greff, O Bohner… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization of coastal habitats, of which harbors and marinas are the paragon, has led to
various ecological paradigms about their functioning. Harbor infrastructures offer new hard …