Individual-based eco-evolutionary models for understanding adaptation in changing seas.

ABSTRACT: As climate change threatens species' persistence, predicting the potential for species to adapt to rapidly changing environments is imperative for the development of effective conservation strategies. Eco-evolutionary individual-based models (IBMs) can be useful tools for achieving this objective. We performed a literature review to identify studies that apply these tools in marine systems. Our survey suggested that this is an emerging area of research fuelled in part by developments in modelling frameworks that allow simulation of increasingly complex ecological, genetic and demographic processes. The studies we identified illustrate the promise of this approach and advance our understanding of the capacity for adaptation to outpace climate change. These studies also identify limitations

SUBMITTER: Xuereb A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580472 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature