SPATIALLY CORRELATED EXTINCTIONS SELECT FOR LESS EMIGRATION BUT LARGER DISPERSAL DISTANCES IN THE SPIDER MITE TETRANYCHUS URTICAE

• Published in: Evolution Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 1838 - 1844
• Main Authors: Fronhofer, Emanuel A., Stelz, Jonas M., Lutz, Eva, Poethke, Hans Joachim, Bonte, Dries
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Animal Distribution; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Arachnids; Araneae; BRIEF COMMUNICATION; Correlation analysis; Dispersal; Dispersal evolution; dispersal kernel; Ecological genetics; Ecosystem; Emigration; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; experimental evolution; Extinction; Extinction, Biological; Fecundity; Habitat fragmentation; Habitats; local extinctions; Metapopulation ecology; Mites; Models, Genetic; Mortality; Population structure; Selection, Genetic; spatial correlation; Species extinction; Spiders; Tetranychidae - genetics; Tetranychus urticae; spatial correlation; experimental evolution; local extinctions; Dispersal evolution; dispersal kernel

Dispersal is a central process to almost all species on earth, as it connects spatially structured populations and thereby increases population persistence. Dispersal is subject to (rapid) evolution and local patch extinctions are an important selective force in this context. In contrast to the rand...