Contents Summary 669 I. Model clades for the study and integration of ecology and
evolution 670 II. Oaks: an important model clade 671 III. Insights from the history of the …

The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

▪ Abstract The study of natural plant populations has provided some of the strongest and
most convincing cases of the operation of natural selection currently known, partly because …

Local adaptation of parasites to their sympatric hosts has been investigated on different
biological systems through reciprocal transplant experiments. Most of these studies revealed …

In host-parasite coevolutionary arms races, parasites probably have an evolutionary
advantage. Parasite populations should be locally adapted, having higher mean fitness on …

In Alien Species and Evolution, biologist George W. Cox reviews and synthesizes emerging
information on the evolutionary changes that occur in plants, animals, and microbial …

The study of parasite local adaptation, whereby parasites perform better on sympatric hosts
than on allopatric hosts and/or better on their own host population than do other parasites, is …

Studies of many plants species have demonstrated adaptive genetic differentiation to local
environmental conditions. Typically these studies are conducted to evaluate adaptation to …

Mediterranean ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots located between temperate mesic
climates and semi‐deserts and deserts. Mediterranean climates are characterized by a …

Conventional wisdom holds that parasites evolve more rapidly than their hosts and are
therefore locally adapted, that is, better at exploiting sympatric than allopatric hosts. We …