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Data from: Rapid evolution accelerates plant population spread in fragmented experimental landscapes Williams, Jennifer L.; Kendall, Bruce E.; Levine, Jonathan M.

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Predicting the speed of biological invasions and native species migrations requires an understanding of the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of spreading populations. Theory predicts that evolution can accelerate species’ spread velocity, but how landscape patchiness—an important control over traits under selection—influences this process is unknown. We manipulated the response to selection in populations of a model plant species spreading through replicated experimental landscapes of varying patchiness. After six generations of change, evolving populations spread 11% farther than nonevolving populations in continuously favorable landscapes and 200% farther in the most fragmented landscapes. The greater effect of evolution on spread in patchier landscapes was consistent with the evolution of dispersal and competitive ability. Accounting for evolutionary change may be critical when predicting the velocity of range expansions.
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Furthest seed dispersed in each generation for each replicate

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Title	Data from: Rapid evolution accelerates plant population spread in fragmented experimental landscapes
Creator	Williams, Jennifer L.; Kendall, Bruce E.; Levine, Jonathan M.
Date Issued	2021-05-19
Description	Abstract Predicting the speed of biological invasions and native species migrations requires an understanding of the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of spreading populations. Theory predicts that evolution can accelerate species’ spread velocity, but how landscape patchiness—an important control over traits under selection—influences this process is unknown. We manipulated the response to selection in populations of a model plant species spreading through replicated experimental landscapes of varying patchiness. After six generations of change, evolving populations spread 11% farther than nonevolving populations in continuously favorable landscapes and 200% farther in the most fragmented landscapes. The greater effect of evolution on spread in patchier landscapes was consistent with the evolution of dispersal and competitive ability. Accounting for evolutionary change may be critical when predicting the velocity of range expansions.; Usage notes Furthest seed dispersed in each generation for each replicate
Subject	Other; Arabidopsis thaliana; spatial spread; landscape heterogeneity
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Notes	Dryad version number: 1 Version status: submitted Dryad curation status: Published Sharing link: https://datadryad.org/stash/share/Hh1pUCfh0y18DWOKpuaXr3wIgKPyGVdeur8EcIhZV8w</p> Storage size: 189613 Visibility: public
Date Available	2020-06-24
Provider	University of British Columbia Library
License	CC0 1.0
DOI	10.14288/1.0397640
URI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/CEEZLL
Publisher DOI	https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/CEEZLL; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q7605
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
Aggregated Source Repository	Dataverse

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