Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Rapid evolution of dispersal ability makes biological invasions faster and more variable

  • Brad M. Ochocki,
  • Tom E. X. Miller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14315
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Theory suggests that spatial sorting by dispersal ability can generate evolutionarily accelerated range expansions. Using the bean beetleCallosobruchus maculatus, this study shows that evolution not only increases the speed of range expansion, as predicted, but also increases variability.