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Mechanisms for consumer diversity (Reply)

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  • William A. Nelson

    (University of Calgary
    Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta)

  • Edward McCauley

    (University of Calgary)

  • Frederick J. Wrona

    (Water & Climate Impacts Research Centre, National Water Research Institute, University of Victoria)

Abstract

We have demonstrated that qualitatively different consumer-resource dynamics can have a large impact on natural selection in a consumer population, and proposed that the change in selection is generated by the juvenile–adult stage-structure of the consumer1. Yoshida et al .2 propose an alternative mechanism to explain our results, but, on the basis of other evidence collected at the time of our experiments1, we can refute this explanation. We also discuss theoretical results that show how simple stage-structure in a consumer population can modify selection.

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  • William A. Nelson & Edward McCauley & Frederick J. Wrona, 2006. "Mechanisms for consumer diversity (Reply)," Nature, Nature, vol. 439(7072), pages 2-2, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:439:y:2006:i:7072:d:10.1038_nature04527
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04527
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