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<div><font face="Geneva"><i>Biology Letters</i> Published 21 June
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<div><font face="Geneva"><b>Evolutionary traps and range shifts in a
rapidly changing world</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva">Robin Hale, John R. Morrongiello, Stephen E.
Swearer</font></div>
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</b>Humans are altering the environment at an unprecedented rate.
Although behavioural plasticity has allowed many species to respond by
shifting their ranges to more favourable conditions, these rapid
environmental changes may cause 'evolutionary traps', whereby animals
mistakenly prefer resources that reduce their fitness. The role of
evolutionary traps in influencing the fitness consequences of range
shifts remains largely unexplored. Here, we review these interactions
by considering how climate change may trigger maladaptive
developmental pathways or increase the probability of animals
encountering traps. We highlight how traps could selectively remove
some phenotypes and compromise population persistence. We conclude by
highlighting emerging areas of research that would improve our
understanding of when interactions between evolutionary traps and
range shifts are likely to be most detrimental to
animals.</font></div>
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pay more taxes or behave any differently -- because that is what
voters want. Is it too much to ask that Mr Obama should tell voters
the truth? I think he could do it. He has everything it takes to be a
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change, only the time it may take humanity to reach a crisis
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2013.<br>
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<b>Book review.</b><i> Harvesting the Biosphere: What we have taken
from Nature.</i> by Vaclav Smil . MIT Press, Cambridge, MA,
2012. 315 pp. $29, £19.95. ISBN 9780262018562.<br>
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