title: How maladaptation can structure biodiversity: eco-evolutionary island biogeography.
abstract: Current research on eco-evolutionary dynamics is mainly concerned with understanding the role of rapid (or 'contemporary') evolution in structuring ecological patterns. We argue that the current eco-evolutionary research program, which focuses largely on natural selection, should be expanded to more explicitly consider other evolutionary processes such as gene flow. Because multiple evolutionary processes interact to generate quantitative variation in the degree of local maladaptation, we focus on how studying the ecological effects of maladaptation will lead to a more comprehensive view of how evolution can influence ecology. We explore how maladaptation can influence ecology through the lens of island biogeography theory, which yields some novel predictions, such as patch isolation increasing species richness.
authors: Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. Electronic address: timothy.farkas@gmail.com.
authors: Timothy E
authors: TE
authors: Farkas
authors: Redpath Museum, Biology, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 2K6, Canada.
authors: Andrew P
authors: AP
authors: Hendry
authors: Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
authors: Patrik
authors: P
authors: Nosil
authors: Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
authors: Andrew P
authors: AP
authors: Beckerman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D051456:Gene Flow; D040961:Genetic Drift; D005843:Geography; D062312:Islands; D009154:Mutation; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012641:Selection, Genetic
keywords: biodiversity; eco-evolutionary dynamics; gene flow; island biogeography; maladaptation; species interactions