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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The flow of genes from the dense and well-adapted centre of a species' distribution
    interferes with adaptation to marginal environments, and may sharply limit a species'
    range. Deterministic models of a linear habitat suggest that populations could
    in principle adapt to very steep environmental gradients, by increasing their
    genetic variability. However, random fluctuations in sparse populations reduce
    this variance, and may be crucial in limiting the species' range.
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author:
- first_name: Nicholas H
  full_name: Barton, Nicholas H
  id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Barton
  orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240
citation:
  ama: 'Barton NH. Adaptation at the edge of a species’ range. In: <i>Integrating
    Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context</i>. Cambridge University Press; 2001:365-392.'
  apa: Barton, N. H. (2001). Adaptation at the edge of a species’ range. In <i>Integrating
    ecology and evolution in a spatial context</i> (pp. 365–392). Cambridge University
    Press.
  chicago: Barton, Nicholas H. “Adaptation at the Edge of a Species’ Range.” In <i>Integrating
    Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context</i>, 365–92. Cambridge University Press,
    2001.
  ieee: N. H. Barton, “Adaptation at the edge of a species’ range,” in <i>Integrating
    ecology and evolution in a spatial context</i>, Cambridge University Press, 2001,
    pp. 365–392.
  ista: 'Barton NH. 2001.Adaptation at the edge of a species’ range. In: Integrating
    ecology and evolution in a spatial context. , 365–392.'
  mla: Barton, Nicholas H. “Adaptation at the Edge of a Species’ Range.” <i>Integrating
    Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context</i>, Cambridge University Press, 2001,
    pp. 365–92.
  short: N.H. Barton, in:, Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context,
    Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 365–392.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:07:57Z
date_published: 2001-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-05-10T11:59:06Z
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language:
- iso: eng
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- url: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/life-sciences/ecology-and-conservation/integrating-ecology-and-evolution-spatial-context-14th-special-symposium-british-ecological-society?format=HB&isbn=9780521840002
month: '08'
oa_version: None
page: 365 - 392
publication: Integrating ecology and evolution in a spatial context
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9780521840002'
publication_status: published
publisher: Cambridge University Press
publist_id: '1825'
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status: public
title: Adaptation at the edge of a species' range
type: book_chapter
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year: '2001'
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