Hendry, Andrew P; Barrett, Rowan D H; Bell, Alison M; Bell, Michael A; Bolnick, Daniel I; Gotanda, Kiyoko M; Haines, Grant E; Lind, Åsa J; Paccard, Michelle; Peichel, Catherine L; Peterson, Christopher R; Poore, Hilary A; Massengill, Robert L; Milligan-McClellan, Kathryn; Steinel, Natalie C; Sanderson, Sarah; Walsh, Matthew R; Weber, Jesse N; Derry, Alison M (2024). Designing eco-evolutionary experiments for restoration projects: Opportunities and constraints revealed during stickleback introductions. Ecology and evolution, 14(6) Wiley 10.1002/ece3.11503
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Eco-evolutionary experiments are typically conducted in semi-unnatural controlled settings, such as mesocosms; yet inferences about how evolution and ecology interact in the real world would surely benefit from experiments in natural uncontrolled settings. Opportunities for such experiments are rare but do arise in the context of restoration ecology-where different "types" of a given species can be introduced into different "replicate" locations. Designing such experiments requires wrestling with consequential questions. (Q1) Which specific "types" of a focal species should be introduced to the restoration location? (Q2) How many sources of each type should be used-and should they be mixed together? (Q3) Which specific source populations should be used? (Q4) Which type(s) or population(s) should be introduced into which restoration sites? We recently grappled with these questions when designing an eco-evolutionary experiment with threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) introduced into nine small lakes and ponds on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska that required restoration. After considering the options at length, we decided to use benthic versus limnetic ecotypes (Q1) to create a mixed group of colonists from four source populations of each ecotype (Q2), where ecotypes were identified based on trophic morphology (Q3), and were then introduced into nine restoration lakes scaled by lake size (Q4). We hope that outlining the alternatives and resulting choices will make the rationales clear for future studies leveraging our experiment, while also proving useful for investigators considering similar experiments in the future.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Evolutionary Ecology 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Lind, Åsa Jessica, Peichel, Catherine |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
2045-7758 |
Publisher: |
Wiley |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
27 Jun 2024 15:37 |
Last Modified: |
27 Jun 2024 15:46 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/ece3.11503 |
PubMed ID: |
38932947 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
aquatic ecology contemporary evolution ecological dynamics feedbacks limnology rapid evolution |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/198189 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/198189 |
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