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Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs

The idea that changing environmental conditions drive adaptive evolution is a pillar of evolutionary ecology. But, the opposite—that adaptive evolution alters ecological processes—has received far less attention yet is critical for eco-evolutionary dynamics. We assessed the ecological impact of dive...

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Autores principales: Kolbe, Jason J., Giery, Sean T., Lapiedra, Oriol, Lyberger, Kelsey P., Pita-Aquino, Jessica N., Moniz, Haley A., Leal, Manuel, Spiller, David A., Losos, Jonathan B., Schoener, Thomas W., Piovia-Scott, Jonah
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Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10268251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37276393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221691120
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author Kolbe, Jason J.
Giery, Sean T.
Lapiedra, Oriol
Lyberger, Kelsey P.
Pita-Aquino, Jessica N.
Moniz, Haley A.
Leal, Manuel
Spiller, David A.
Losos, Jonathan B.
Schoener, Thomas W.
Piovia-Scott, Jonah
author_facet Kolbe, Jason J.
Giery, Sean T.
Lapiedra, Oriol
Lyberger, Kelsey P.
Pita-Aquino, Jessica N.
Moniz, Haley A.
Leal, Manuel
Spiller, David A.
Losos, Jonathan B.
Schoener, Thomas W.
Piovia-Scott, Jonah
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description The idea that changing environmental conditions drive adaptive evolution is a pillar of evolutionary ecology. But, the opposite—that adaptive evolution alters ecological processes—has received far less attention yet is critical for eco-evolutionary dynamics. We assessed the ecological impact of divergent values in a key adaptive trait using 16 populations of the brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei). Mirroring natural variation, we established islands with short- or long-limbed lizards at both low and high densities. We then monitored changes in lower trophic levels, finding that on islands with a high density of short-limbed lizards, web-spider densities decreased and plants grew more via an indirect positive effect, likely through an herbivore-mediated trophic cascade. Our experiment provides strong support for evolution-to-ecology connections in nature, likely closing an otherwise well-characterized eco-evolutionary feedback loop.
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spelling pubmed-102682512023-12-05 Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs Kolbe, Jason J. Giery, Sean T. Lapiedra, Oriol Lyberger, Kelsey P. Pita-Aquino, Jessica N. Moniz, Haley A. Leal, Manuel Spiller, David A. Losos, Jonathan B. Schoener, Thomas W. Piovia-Scott, Jonah Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Biological Sciences The idea that changing environmental conditions drive adaptive evolution is a pillar of evolutionary ecology. But, the opposite—that adaptive evolution alters ecological processes—has received far less attention yet is critical for eco-evolutionary dynamics. We assessed the ecological impact of divergent values in a key adaptive trait using 16 populations of the brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei). Mirroring natural variation, we established islands with short- or long-limbed lizards at both low and high densities. We then monitored changes in lower trophic levels, finding that on islands with a high density of short-limbed lizards, web-spider densities decreased and plants grew more via an indirect positive effect, likely through an herbivore-mediated trophic cascade. Our experiment provides strong support for evolution-to-ecology connections in nature, likely closing an otherwise well-characterized eco-evolutionary feedback loop. National Academy of Sciences 2023-06-05 2023-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10268251/ /pubmed/37276393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221691120 Text en Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Biological Sciences
Kolbe, Jason J.
Giery, Sean T.
Lapiedra, Oriol
Lyberger, Kelsey P.
Pita-Aquino, Jessica N.
Moniz, Haley A.
Leal, Manuel
Spiller, David A.
Losos, Jonathan B.
Schoener, Thomas W.
Piovia-Scott, Jonah
Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs
title Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs
title_full Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs
title_fullStr Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs
title_full_unstemmed Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs
title_short Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs
title_sort experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs
topic Biological Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10268251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37276393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221691120
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