Selection on stability across ecological scales
- Borrelli, Jonathan J. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Allesina, Stefano University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Amarasekare, Priyanga University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Arditi, Roger Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Chase, Ivan Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Damuth, John University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Holt, Robert D. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Logofet, Dmitrii O. Laboratory of Mathematical Ecology, A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Novak, Mark Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
- Rohr, Rudolf P. Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Rossberg, Axel G. Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Lowestoft, UK
- Spencer, Matthew University of Liverpool, UK
- Tran, J. Khai Syngenta, Greensboro, NC, USA
- Ginzburg, Lev R. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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08.06.2015
Published in:
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution. - 2015, vol. 30, no. 7, p. 417–425
English
Much of the focus in evolutionary biology has been on the adaptive differentiation among organisms. It is equally important to understand the processes that result in similarities of structure among systems. Here, we discuss examples of similarities occurring at different ecological scales, from predator–prey relations (attack rates and handling times) through communities (food-web structures) to ecosystem properties. Selection among systemic configurations or patterns that differ in their intrinsic stability should lead generally to increased representation of relatively stable structures. Such nonadaptive, but selective processes that shape ecological communities offer an enticing mechanism for generating widely observed similarities, and have sparked new interest in stability properties. This nonadaptive systemic selection operates not in opposition to, but in parallel with, adaptive evolution.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Biologie
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Biological sciences
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- License undefined
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- RERO DOC 257100
- DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.001
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/304418
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