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Incorporating Eco-Evolutionary Processes into Population Models:Design and Applications
Citation:
Day, J. AND N. Schumaker. Incorporating Eco-Evolutionary Processes into Population Models:Design and Applications. International Association for Landscape Ecology, Portland, OR, July 05 - 10, 2015.
Impact/Purpose:
We describe new research results obtained from the use of a modern demo-genetic simulation model that can has the potential to identify limitations present in traditional genetic theory, and that can extend the fields of Landscape and conservation genetics significantly.
Description:
Eco-evolutionary population models are powerful new tools for exploring howevolutionary processes influence plant and animal population dynamics andvice-versa. The need to manage for climate change and other dynamicdisturbance regimes is creating a demand for the incorporation of eco-evolutionary dynamics into both empirical studies and simulation models.Here, we discuss the salient features of eco-evolutionary population modelsand explore their potential for contributing to landscape genetics,conservation biology, and evolutionary ecology. We draw examples from ourown work, and from that of our symposium co-authors, whose research rangesfrom theoretical to highly applied, and spans a wide array of life historiesfrom pikas to elephants.