Divergent selection across the landscape can favor the evolution of local adaptation in
populations experiencing contrasting conditions. Local adaptation is widely observed in a …

Commensalism within anthropogenic environments has not been extensively discussed,
despite its impact on humans, and there is no formal framework for assessing this ecological …

In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter
than the" long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin—in fact, evolutionary change is …

Climate change presents unprecedented challenges for biological conservation. Agencies
are increasingly looking to modeled projections of species' distributions under future …

Many studies have assessed the impact of different pollutants on amphibians across a
variety of experimental venues (laboratory, mesocosm, and enclosure conditions). Past …

Urban ecologists have demonstrated that cities are functioning ecosystems. It follows then
that species living in these contexts should participate in and experience the same suite of …

Summary 1 Genetic and environmental maternal effects can play an important role in the
evolutionary dynamics of a population: they may have a substantial impact on the rate and …

Conservation genetics focuses on understanding the role and requirement of genetic
variation for population persistence. However, considerable debate now surrounds the role …

Understanding the evolution of reaction norms remains a major challenge in ecology and
evolution. Investigating evolutionary divergence in reaction norm shapes between …

Amphibians are facing an extinction crisis, and conservation breeding programmes are a
tool used to prevent imminent species extinctions. Compared to mammals and birds …