10.5061/DRYAD.BP23483H
Coulson, Tim
Imperial College London
MacNulty, Daniel R.
University of Minnesota
Stahler, Daniel R.
National Park Service
VonHoldt, Bridgett
University of California, Irvine
Wayne, Robert K.
University of California Los Angeles
Smith, Douglas W.
National Park Service
Data from: Modeling effects of environmental change on wolf population
dynamics, trait evolution, and life history
Dryad
dataset
2011
Population biology
simulation model
present
Canis lupus
2011-12-01T21:23:57Z
2011-12-01T21:23:57Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1209441
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CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
Environmental change has been observed to generate simultaneous responses
in population dynamics, life history, gene frequencies, and morphology in
a number of species. But how common are such eco-evolutionary responses to
environmental change likely to be? Are they inevitable, or do they require
a specific type of change? Can we accurately predict eco-evolutionary
responses? We address these questions using theory and data from the study
of Yellowstone wolves. We show that environmental change is expected to
generate eco-evolutionary change, that changes in the average environment
will affect wolves to a greater extent than changes in how variable it is,
and that accurate prediction of the consequences of environmental change
will probably prove elusive.
wolf RDataReadme file explains the structure of the RData workspace
filewolf.RDATAsimulate and perturbR code to run simulations
North America (Wyoming)