Conserving Evolutionary Potential: Combining Landscape Genomics with Established Methods to Inform Plant Conservation

SN Aitken, R Jordan, HR Tumas - Annual Review of Plant …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Biodiversity conservation requires conserving evolutionary potential—the capacity for wild
populations to adapt. Understanding genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics is critical …

Tribolium beetles as a model system in evolution and ecology

MD Pointer, MJG Gage, LG Spurgin - Heredity, 2021 - nature.com
Flour beetles of the genus Tribolium have been utilised as informative study systems for over
a century and contributed to major advances across many fields. This review serves to …

How frequency‐dependent selection affects population fitness, maladaptation and evolutionary rescue

EI Svensson, T Connallon - Evolutionary Applications, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Frequency‐dependent (FD) selection is a central process maintaining genetic variation and
mediating evolution of population fitness. FD selection has attracted interest from …

The implications of rapid eco‐evolutionary processes for biological control‐a review

M Szűcs, E Vercken, EV Bitume… - Entomologia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Novel environmental conditions experienced by introduced species can drive rapid
evolution of diverse traits. In turn, rapid evolution, both adaptive and non‐adaptive, can …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation genomic investigation of an endangered conifer, Thuja sutchuenensis, reveals low genetic diversity but also low genetic load

T Tao, RI Milne, J Li, H Yang, S Wang, S Chen, K Mao - Plant Diversity, 2024 - Elsevier
Endangered species generally have small populations with low genetic diversity and a high
genetic load. Thuja sutchuenensis is an endangered conifer endemic to southwestern …

The origin and spread of locally adaptive seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares

MR Jones, LS Mills, JD Jensen… - The American …, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
Adaptation is central to population persistence in the face of environmental change, yet we
seldom precisely understand the origin and spread of adaptive variation in natural …

Assisting adaptation in a changing world

MM Webster, B Twohey, PS Alagona… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Today, all ecosystems are undergoing environmental change due to human activity, and in
many cases the rate of change is accelerating due to climate change. Consequently …

Immigration delays but does not prevent adaptation following environmental change: experimental evidence

LF Durkee, L Olazcuaga, BA Melbourne… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In today's rapidly changing world, it is critical to examine how animal populations will
respond to severe environmental change. Following events such as pollution or …

How density dependence, genetic erosion and the extinction vortex impact evolutionary rescue

SW Nordstrom, RA Hufbauer… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Following severe environmental change that reduces mean population fitness below
replacement, populations must adapt to avoid eventual extinction, a process called …

The importance of growing up: juvenile environment influences dispersal of individuals and their neighbours

SB Endriss, ML Vahsen, EV Bitume… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a key ecological process that is strongly influenced by both phenotype and
environment. Here, we show that juvenile environment influences dispersal not only by …