Tipo
Artigos em Revista
Tipo de Documento
Artigo Completo
Título
The virtues and limitations of exploring the eco-evolutionary dynamics of sexually selected traits
Participantes na publicação
João Alpedrinha (Author)
Leonor R. Rodrigues (Author)
Dep. Biologia Animal
Unidade de I&D e Inovação
cE3c
Sara Magalhães (Author)
Dep. Biologia Animal
cE3c
Jessica Abbott (Author)
Resumo
Most studies on eco?evolutionary feedbacks concern the influence of abiotic factors, or predator–prey and host–parasite interactions, while studies involving sexual interactions are lagging behind. This is at odds with the potential of these interactions to engage in such processes. Indeed, there is now ample evidence that sexual selection is affected by ecological change and that sexually selected traits can evolve rapidly, which may modify the ecological context of populations, and thus the selection pressures they will be exposed to. Here we review evidence for such eco?evolutionary processes. We discuss examples of eco?evolutionary change in an attempt to understand the challenges related with identifying and characterizing such processes. In particular, we focus on the challenges associated with accurately identifying the components of the feedback as well as their causal relation. Finally, we evaluate scenarios where understanding eco?evolutionary feedbacks of sexual selection may help us appreciate the effects of sexual selection in shaping evolutionary processes.
Data de Publicação
2019-07-17
Instituição
cE3c/FCUL
Suporte
Oikos
Identificadores da Publicação
ISSN - 0030-1299
eISSN - 1600-0706
Editora
Wiley
Número de Páginas
8
Página Inicial
1381
Página Final
1389
Identificadores do Documento
URL -
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.06573
DOI -
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06573
Identificadores de Qualidade
Web Of Science Q1 (2019) - 3.37 - Ecology
SCOPUS Q1 (2019) - 6.6 - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
SCIMAGO Q1 (2019) - 1.764 - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Keywords
Contemporary evolution
ecoevolutionary dynamics
experimental evolution
sexual conflict
sexual selection
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