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Department of Integrative Biology, University of California,. Berkeley ... spatial variation in the expression of a life-history trade-off leads to a unique regional pattern ... existence via source-sink dynamics (Levin 1974; Hamilton and May 1977 ..
maintained by divergent selection, resulting in ecological ... heterogeneous environments requires strong evolution- ... Here, we experimentally explore the impact of the grain on .... and their arrangement on the Biolog plate are provided as Data ..
drivers of evolutionary processes (3), suggesting possible feed back loops between ... stitute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. 5Institut des .... Site-specific recombinases form the core of rapid adaptive pro
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understanding of the forces structuring ecological communities than either one of them used ... studies based on tropical systems tend to find more support for neutral ... usually attributed to dispersal limitations; and the interac- tion term ...
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