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SUBMITTER: Melotto A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368066 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Melotto Andrea A Manenti Raoul R Ficetola Gentile Francesco GF
Nature communications 20200717 1
Invasive predators can exert strong selection on native populations. If selection is strong enough, populations could lose the phenotypic variation caused by adaptation to heterogeneous environments. We compare frog tadpoles prior to and 14 years following invasion by crayfish. Prior to the invasion, populations differed in their intrinsic developmental rate, with tadpoles from cold areas reaching metamorphosis sooner than those from warm areas. Following the invasion, tadpoles from invaded popu ...[more]