Adaptation, Plasticity, and Extinction in a Changing Environment: Towards a Predictive Theory

Luis-Miguel Chevin (), Russell Lande and Georgina M Mace

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Abstract: A simple evolutionary model is used to understand the critical rate of environmental change beyond which a population must decline and go extinct. The model is used to highlight the major determinants of extinction risk in a changing environment, and identify research needs for improved predictions based on projected changes in environmental variables.

Keywords: climate change; demography; ecologically; heritability; quantitative trait; evolutionary model; environmental change; extinction risk; environment; vaiables; population; Adaptation; Plasticity; Predictive Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-05
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