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Conceptual issues in local adaptation

Kawecki, Tadeusz J. ; Ebert, Dieter

In: Ecology Letters, 2004, vol. 7, p. 1225-1241

Studies of local adaptation provide important insights into the power of natural selection relative to gene flow and other evolutionary forces. They are a paradigm for testing evolutionary hypotheses about traits favoured by particular environmental factors. This paper is an attempt to summarize the conceptual framework for local adaptation studies. We first review theoretical work relevant for...