Eco-evolutionary dynamics: Difference between revisions

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'''Eco-evolutionary dynamics''' refers to the reciprocal effects that [[ecology]] and [[evolution]] have on each other.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal | vauthors = Pelletier F, Garant D, Hendry AP | title = Eco-evolutionary dynamics | journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences | volume = 364 | issue = 1523 | pages = 1483–9 | date = June 2009 | pmid = 19414463 | pmc = 2690510 | doi = 10.1098/rstb.2009.0027 }}</ref> The effects of ecology on evolutionary processes are commonly observed in studies, but the realization that evolutionary changes can be rapid led to the emergence of eco-evolutionary dynamics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal| vauthors = Brunner FS, Deere JA, Egas M, Eizaguirre C, Raeymaekers JA |date=2019|title=The diversity of eco-evolutionary dynamics: Comparing the feedbacks between ecology and evolution across scales |journal=Functional Ecology|language=en|volume=33|issue=1|pages=7–12|doi=10.1111/1365-2435.13268|issn=1365-2435}}</ref> The idea that evolutionary processes can occur quickly and on one timescale with ecological processes led scientists to begin studying the influence evolution has on ecology along with the affects ecology has on evolution.<ref name=":2" /> Recent studies have documented eco-evolutionary dynamics and feedback, which is the cyclic interaction between evolution and ecology, in natural and laboratory systems at different [[Biological organisation|levels of biological organization,]] such as [[population]]s, [[Community|communities]], and [[ecosystem]]s.<ref name=":1" />