TY - JOUR
T1 - Why evolutionary biologists should be demographers
AU - Metcalf, C. Jessica E.
AU - Pavard, Samuel
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Evolution is driven by the propagation of genes, traits and individuals within and between populations. This propagation depends on the survival, fertility and dispersal of individuals at each age or stage during their life history, as well as on population growth and (st)age structure. Demography is therefore central to understanding evolution. Recent demographic research provides new perspectives on fitness, the spread of mutations within populations and the establishment of life histories in a phylogenetic context. New challenges resulting from individual heterogeneity, and instances where survival and reproduction are linked across generations are being recognized. Evolutionary demography is a field of exciting developments through both methodological and empirical advances. Here, we review these developments and outline two emergent research questions.
AB - Evolution is driven by the propagation of genes, traits and individuals within and between populations. This propagation depends on the survival, fertility and dispersal of individuals at each age or stage during their life history, as well as on population growth and (st)age structure. Demography is therefore central to understanding evolution. Recent demographic research provides new perspectives on fitness, the spread of mutations within populations and the establishment of life histories in a phylogenetic context. New challenges resulting from individual heterogeneity, and instances where survival and reproduction are linked across generations are being recognized. Evolutionary demography is a field of exciting developments through both methodological and empirical advances. Here, we review these developments and outline two emergent research questions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33947246139&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=33947246139&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2006.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2006.12.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17174004
AN - SCOPUS:33947246139
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 22
SP - 205
EP - 212
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 4
ER -