When Should Harvest Evolution Matter to Population Dynamics?

Sébastien Nusslé; Andrew P Hendry; Stephanie M Carlson

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.04.001

When Should Harvest Evolution Matter to Population Dynamics?

Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Jul;31(7):500-502. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.04.001. Epub 2016 Apr 16.

Authors

Sébastien Nusslé¹, Andrew P Hendry², Stephanie M Carlson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA. Electronic address: snussle@gmail.com.
² Redpath Museum and Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA.

PMID: 27095380
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.04.001

Abstract

The potential for evolution to influence fishery sustainability remains a controversial topic. We highlight new modeling research from Dunlop et al. that explores when and how fisheries-induced evolution matters for population dynamics, while also emphasizing transient dynamics in population growth and life history-dependent responses that influence population stability and resiliency.

Keywords: Fishery-induced evolution; eco-evolutionary dynamics; fisheries management.

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MeSH terms

Fisheries*
Population Dynamics
Population Growth