Evolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction and Their Implications for Ecology.¶
Laland, K. N., Odling-Smee, F. J., & Feldman, M. W. (1999). Evolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction and Their Implications for Ecology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96(18), 10242-10247.
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- Niche Construction
- The straight-line \(E \to\) selection \(\to\) adaptation becomes a closed loop, so the system has evolutionary inertia: a constructed environment (the pond, with its altered hydrology and food web) persists and continues to select for dam-building even after the original ecological trigger is gone — the descendants evolve in a niche their ancestors built.
This sourceShows constructed environments create evolutionary inertia and momentum, with descendants evolving in niches built by ancestors.
- The straight-line \(E \to\) selection \(\to\) adaptation becomes a closed loop, so the system has evolutionary inertia: a constructed environment (the pond, with its altered hydrology and food web) persists and continues to select for dam-building even after the original ecological trigger is gone — the descendants evolve in a niche their ancestors built.
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