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Reduction of adaptive genetic diversity radically alters eco-evolutionary community dynamics by Becks, Lutz, Ellner, Stephen P, Jones, Laura E, Hairston Jr, Nelson G

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 989-997 Adaptive variation in the traits determining ecological interactions can lead to evolution so rapid that ecological dynamics…”
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What genomic data can reveal about eco-evolutionary dynamics by Rudman, Seth M., Barbour, Matthew A., Csilléry, Katalin, Gienapp, Phillip, Guillaume, Frederic, Hairston Jr, Nelson G., Hendry, Andrew P., Lasky, Jesse R., Rafajlović, Marina, Räsänen, Katja, Schmidt, Paul S., Seehausen, Ole, Therkildsen, Nina O., Turcotte, Martin M., Levine, Jonathan M.

“…Recognition that evolution operates on the same timescale as ecological processes has motivated growing interest in eco-evolutionary dynamics. Nonetheless,…”
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Crossing the Hopf Bifurcation in a Live Predator-Prey System by Fussmann, Gregor F., Ellner, Stephen P., Shertzer, Kyle W., Hairston, Nelson G.

“…Population biologists have long been interested in the oscillations in population size displayed by many organisms in the field and laboratory. A wide range of…”
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Linking genes to communities and ecosystems: Daphnia as an ecogenomic model by Miner, Brooks E, De Meester, Luc, Pfrender, Michael E, Lampert, Winfried, Hairston, Nelson G., Jr

“…How do genetic variation and evolutionary change in critical species affect the composition and functioning of populations, communities and ecosystems?…”
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Highly unsaturated fatty acids in nature: what we know and what we need to learn by Twining, Cornelia W., Brenna, J. Thomas, Hairston Jr, Nelson G., Flecker, Alexander S.

“…The supply and demand of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 HUFA) in natural ecosystems may lead to resource limitation in a diverse array of animal…”
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Does rapid evolution matter? Measuring the rate of contemporary evolution and its impacts on ecological dynamics by Ellner, Stephen P., Geber, Monica A., Hairston Jr, Nelson G.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 603–614 Rapid contemporary evolution due to natural selection is common in the wild, but it remains uncertain whether its effects…”
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The functional genomics of an eco-evolutionary feedback loop: linking gene expression, trait evolution, and community dynamics by Becks, Lutz, Ellner, Stephen P., Jones, Laura E., Hairston Jr, Nelson G.

“…Ecology Letters (2012) 15: 492–501 Feedbacks between ecological and evolutionary change may play important roles in community and ecosystem functioning, but a…”
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Cryptic eco-evolutionary dynamics by Kinnison, Michael T., Hairston Jr, Nelson G., Hendry, Andrew P.

“…Natural systems harbor complex interactions that are fundamental parts of ecology and evolution. These interactions challenge our inclinations and training to…”
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A newly discovered role of evolution in previously published consumer-resource dynamics by Hiltunen, Teppo, Hairston Jr, Nelson G., Hooker, Giles, Jones, Laura E., Ellner, Stephen P.

“…Consumer–resource interactions are fundamental components of ecological communities. Classic features of consumer–resource models are that temporal dynamics…”
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Cryptic population dynamics: rapid evolution masks trophic interactions by Yoshida, Takehito, Ellner, Stephen P, Jones, Laura E, Bohannan, Brendan J M, Lenski, Richard E, Hairston, Jr, Nelson G

“…Trophic relationships, such as those between predator and prey or between pathogen and host, are key interactions linking species in ecological food webs. The…”
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Rapid contemporary evolution and clonal food web dynamics by Jones, Laura E., Becks, Lutz, Ellner, Stephen P., Hairston, Nelson G., Yoshida, Takehito, Fussmann, Gregor F.

“…Character evolution that affects ecological community interactions often occurs contemporaneously with temporal changes in population size, potentially…”
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Evolutionary trade–off between defence against grazing and competitive ability in a simple unicellular alga, Chlorella vulgaris by Yoshida, Takehito, Hairston, Nelson G., Ellner, Stephen P.

“…Trade–offs between defence and other fitness components are expected in principle, and can have major qualitative impacts on ecological dynamics. Here we show…”
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Prey Evolution on the Time Scale of Predator-Prey Dynamics Revealed by Allele-Specific Quantitative PCR by Meyer, Justin R., Ellner, Stephen P., Hairston, Nelson G., Jones, Laura E., Yoshida, Takehito

“…Using rotifer-algal microcosms, we tracked rapid evolution resulting from temporally changing natural selection in ecological predator-prey dynamics. We…”
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Rate of evolution slowed by a dormant propagule pool by Hairston Jr, Nelson G, De Stasio Jr, Bart T

“…Theoretical models of plant seed banks and common sense suggest that stores of dormant propagules must slow down the rate of genetic change because they…”
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Daphnia Paleogenetics and Environmental Change: Deconstructing the Evolution of Plasticity by Hairston Jr, Nelson G., Meester, Luc De

“…It is only recently that ecologists, including limnologists, have begun to appreciate the potential for organisms to evolve rapidly in response to…”
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Predator-dependent diel migration by Halocaridina rubra shrimp (Malacostraca: Atyidae) in Hawaiian anchialine pools by Carey, Cayelan C, Ching, Moana P, Collins, Sarah M, Early, Angela M, Fetzer, William W, Chai, David, Hairston, Nelson G. Jr

“…Diel migration is a common predator avoidance mechanism commonly found in temperate water bodies and increasingly in tropical systems. Previous research with…”
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Experimental Evidence for Changes in Submersed Macrophyte Species Composition Caused by the Herbivore Acentria ephemerella (Lepidoptera) by Gross, Elisabeth M., Johnson, Robert L., Hairston, Nelson G.

“…Our field observations on submersed macrophytes in the littoral zone of Cayuga Lake, N.Y., USA indicate that the shift in dominance from Myriophyllum spicatum…”
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Can Population Genetics Adapt to Rapid Evolution? by Messer, Philipp W, Ellner, Stephen P, Hairston, Nelson G

“…Population genetics largely rests on a ‘standard model’ in which random genetic drift is the dominant force, selective sweeps occur infrequently, and…”
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Beyond simple adaptation: Incorporating other evolutionary processes and concepts into eco‐evolutionary dynamics by Yamamichi, Masato, Ellner, Stephen P., Hairston, Nelson G.

“…Abstract Studies of eco‐evolutionary dynamics have integrated evolution with ecological processes at multiple scales (populations, communities and ecosystems)…”
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Reversed evolution of grazer resistance to cyanobacteria by Isanta-Navarro, Jana, Hairston, Nelson G., Beninde, Jannik, Meyer, Axel, Straile, Dietmar, Möst, Markus, Martin-Creuzburg, Dominik

“…Exploring the capability of organisms to cope with human-caused environmental change is crucial for assessing the risk of extinction and biodiversity loss. We…”
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