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The adaptive dynamics of function-valued traits




TekijätDieckmann U, Heino M, Parvinen K

KustantajaACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Julkaisuvuosi2006

JournalJournal of Theoretical Biology

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiJOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Lehden akronyymiJ THEOR BIOL

Vuosikerta241

Numero2

Aloitussivu370

Lopetussivu389

Sivujen määrä20

ISSN0022-5193

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.12.002


Tiivistelmä
This study extends the framework of adaptive dynamics to function-valued traits. Such adaptive traits naturally arise in a great variety of settings: variable or heterogeneous environments, age-structured populations, phenotypic plasticity, patterns of growth and form, resource gradients, and in many other areas of evolutionary ecology. Adaptive dynamics theory allows analysing the long-term evolution of such traits under the density-dependent and frequency-dependent selection pressures resulting from feedback between evolving populations and their ecological environment. Starting from individual-based considerations, we derive equations describing the expected dynamics of a function-valued trait in asexually reproducing populations under mutation-limited evolution, thus generalizing the canonical equation of adaptive dynamics to function-valued traits. We explain in detail how to account for various kinds of evolutionary constraints on the adaptive dynamics of function-valued traits. To illustrate the utility of our approach, we present applications to two specific examples that address, respectively, the evolution of metabolic investment strategies along resource gradients, and the evolution of seasonal flowering schedules in temporally varying environments. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.



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