Performance in a novel environment subject to ghost competition

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 8; p. e8931
• Main Authors: Bisschop, Karen, Mortier, Frederik, Bonte, Dries, Etienne, Rampal S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States PeerJ. Ltd 29.04.2020; PeerJ, Inc; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Adaptation; Competition; Cucumbers; Ecology; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental literature; Evolution; Evolution (Biology); Evolutionary Studies; Experimental evolution; Experiments; Extinction; Fecundity; Ghosts; Host plants; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Local adaptation; Novels; Population; Species extinction; Spider mites; Tetranychus urticae; Portugal; Spider mites; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Experimental evolution; Tetranychus urticae; Local adaptation

A central tenet of the evolutionary theory of communities is that competition impacts evolutionary processes such as local adaptation. Species in a community exert a selection pressure on other species and may drive them to extinction. We know, however, very little about the influence of unsuccessfu...