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The ecology and evolution of invasive populations /

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This novel and accessible textbook focuses on the intimate interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes as populations spread through time and space. It provides both a survey of the field - a story about the history and development of our understanding - as well as a synthesis of the new...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Benjamin W., 1985- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Introduced organisms > Evolution.
Introduced organisms > Ecology.
Espèces introduites > Évolution.
Espèces introduites > Écologie.
Applied.
MATHEMATICS.
Ecology.
Life Sciences.
SCIENCE.
Biology, life sciences.
Science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Why is this book interesting?
  • 1.2 Some examples, and thought tools
  • 1.3 Where are we off to?
  • 1.4 The wrap
  • 2 Why do populations invade new areas?
  • 2.1 The Fisher-KPP model
  • 2.2 Skellam's model
  • 2.3 Reaction-diffusion and invasion speed
  • 2.4 Lagging, not flagging
  • 2.5 Accelerating waves, and long-distance dispersal
  • 2.6 The wrap
  • 3 Evolution on invasion fronts
  • 3.1 Spatial sorting on invasion fronts
  • 3.2 Natural selection on invasion fronts
  • 3.3 Spatial and temporal fitnesses
  • 3.4 Spread models incorporating evolution
  • 3.5 Spatial selection and enhanced spatial selection
  • 3.6 Absolute and relative fitness of dispersal phenotypes
  • 3.7 Kin competition
  • 3.8 Inbreeding depression
  • 3.9 Local adaptation
  • 3.10 The wrap
  • 4 Stochasticity and invasion fronts
  • 4.1 Stochastic processes
  • 4.2 Stochastic processes in invasive populations
  • 4.3 Population size matters
  • 4.4 Sampling distributions, and the law of large numbers
  • 4.5 Demographic stochasticity
  • 4.6 More complex models of demographic stochasticity
  • 4.7 Stochastic dispersal
  • 4.8 Population size on invasion fronts
  • 4.9 Environmental stochasticity
  • 4.10 Stochastic invasions
  • 4.11 The wrap
  • 5 Stochastic evolutionary processes on invasion fronts
  • 5.1 Fixation in sector 5!
  • 5.2 Serial founder events
  • 5.3 Drifting in space
  • 5.4 Surfing mutants
  • 5.5 Non-neutral mutations
  • 5.6 Expansion load and invasion speed
  • 5.7 Drift-selection balance, and invasion speed
  • 5.8 Evolutionarily stochastic invasion speeds
  • 5.9 The wrap
  • 6 Pushed and pulled waves
  • 6.1 Waves, pulled and pushed
  • 6.2 What causes pushed dynamics?
  • 6.3 The dynamics of pushed waves
  • 6.4 Evolution in pushed waves
  • 6.5 The wrap
  • 7 Some interesting wrinkles
  • 7.1 The geometry of space
  • 7.2 The geometry of traits
  • 7.3 Anomalous invasion speeds
  • 7.4 Spatial heterogeneity
  • 7.5 The wrap
  • 8 Biotic interactions
  • 8.1 A quick primer on biotic interactions
  • 8.2 Competition
  • 8.3 Predation
  • 8.4 Hybrid zones as a collision of competitors
  • 8.5 Evolutionary responses from the invaded community
  • 8.6 The wrap
  • 9 Evolutionary responses from the invaded community
  • 9.1 Tumours
  • 9.2 Cane toads
  • 9.3 Gene drives
  • 9.4 Spreading pathogens
  • 9.5 Conclusions
  • Appendix A Diffusion confusion
  • A.1 Diffusion explained
  • A.2 Implications of diffusion
  • Appendix B Probability distributions, random numbers, and simulation
  • B.1 Probability distributions
  • B.2 Random numbers
  • B.3 Sampling from specified distributions
  • Appendix C Natural invasions with documented trait shifts
  • Appendix D Experimental invasions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index