Biological invasions are 'natural'experiments that can improve our understanding of
contemporary evolution. We evaluate evidence for population differentiation, natural …

Global change drivers are known to interact in their effects on biodiversity, but much
research to date ignores this complexity. As a consequence, there are problems in the …

Adaptation to climate, evolving over contemporary time scales, could facilitate rapid range
expansion across environmental gradients. Here, we examine local adaptation along a …

Biologists have recently devoted increasing attention to the role of rapid evolution in species'
responses to environmental change. However, it is still unclear what evolutionary responses …

Species' range limits are ubiquitous. This suggests that the evolution of the ecological niche
is constrained in general and at the edges of distributions in particular. While there may be …

Biological invasions provide opportunities to study evolutionary processes occurring over
contemporary timescales. To explore the speed and repeatability of adaptation, we …

Why do species not adapt to ever-wider ranges of conditions, gradually expanding their
ecological niche and geographic range? Gene flow across environments has two conflicting …

Aquatic plant invasions are often associated with long‐distance dispersal of vegetative
propagules and prolific clonal reproduction. These reproductive features combined with …

Broad‐scale geographical gradients in the abiotic environment and interspecific interactions
should select for clinal adaptation. How trait clines evolve has recently received increased …

Invasive and endangered species reflect opposite ends of a spectrum of ecological success,
yet they experience many similar eco-evolutionary challenges including demographic …