Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Rapid adaptation to invasive predators overwhelms natural gradients of intraspecific variation

  • Andrea Melotto,
  • Raoul Manenti,
  • Gentile Francesco Ficetola

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17406-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Invasive species can influence the evolution of natives. Here, authors use common garden experiments to show that invasive predatory crayfish have homogenized the developmental timing of a native frog by selecting for more rapid development to avoid predation.