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Positive frequency-dependent selection on warning color in alpine leaf beetles

Borer, Matthias ; Noort, Tom Van ; Rahier, Martine ; Naisbit, Russell E.

In: Evolution, 2010, vol. 64, no. 12, p. 3629–3633

Müller's theory of warning color and mimicry, despite forming a textbook example of frequency-dependent selection, has rarely been demonstrated in the wild. This may be largely due to the practical and statistical difficulties of measuring natural selection on mobile prey species. Here we demonstrate that this selection acts in alpine beetle communities by using tethered beetles exposed to...

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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...

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