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- Title
Which ecologically important traits are most likely to evolve rapidly?
- Authors
Thompson, John N.
- Abstract
The article discusses which ecologically important traits are more likely to evolve at a rapid pace. According to the author, scientist Charles Darwin said that natural selection favored adaptation to biotic conditions, which resulted in the divergence of populations living in different environments. According to Darwin, evolution was an ongoing ecological process. The author says that after conducting studies on some fossil species over millions of years, it was found that some species showed rapid evolution under some ecological conditions, but no evolution under other conditions. The author says that there are many ecologically important traits, that can alter the ecological and coevolutionary links among species.
- Subjects
SPECIES; NATURAL selection; BIOLOGICAL evolution; DARWIN, Charles, 1809-1882; FOSSILS; GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL variation; ECOLOGY; BIOLOGY
- Publication
Oikos, 2009, Vol 118, Issue 9, p1281
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17835.x