Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 591–602 Abstract The spectacular diversity in sexually selected
traits among animal taxa has inspired the hypothesis that divergent sexual selection can …

Ecological speciation is the process by which reproductively isolated populations emerge as
a consequence of divergent natural or ecologically-mediated sexual selection. Most …

Restoring biodiversity-rich grasslands within cultivated matrices represents a real
conservation challenge. One set of options consists in adopting less disruptive mowing …

Parasite communities of fishes are known to respond directly to the abiotic environment of
the host, for example, to water quality and water temperature. Biotic factors are also …

Speciation research during the last several decades has confirmed that natural selection
frequently drives the generation of new species. But how does this process generally unfold …

The quest for the origin of species has entered the genomics era. Despite decades of
evidence confirming the role of the environment in ecological speciation, an understanding …

Invasive species can be powerful models for studying contemporary evolution in natural
environments. As invading organisms often encounter new habitats during colonization, they …

With climate change impacting trees worldwide, enhancing adaptation capacity has become
an important goal of provenance translocation strategies for forestry, ecological renovation …

Cases of evolutionary diversification can be characterized along a continuum from weak to
strong genetic and phenotypic differentiation. Several factors may facilitate or constrain the …

Two pairs of sympatric three‐spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus morphs and two
single morph populations inhabiting mud and lava or rocky benthic habitats in four Icelandic …