Good for the group? Explaining apparent group-level selection

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Publication date 2015
Journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume | Issue number 30 | 7
Pages (from-to) 379-381
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract The idea that group selection can explain adaptive trait evolution is still controversial. Recent empirical work proposes evidence for group-level adaptation in a social spider, but the findings can also be explained from an individual-level perspective. The challenge remains to identify situations where one can separate group and individual selection.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.005
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