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Local Adaptation

Local Adaptation is an evolutionary process in which a population of a species evolves genetically based traits that confer higher fitness in its local environment than the traits of conspecific populations originating from different environments.

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Conceptual issues in local adaptation

Tadeusz J. Kawecki, Dieter Ebert · Ecology Letters · 2004 · 3.8K citations

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Adaptation on Rugged Landscapes

Daniel A. Levinthal · Management Science · 1997 · 2.3K citations

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Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations

Sally N. Aitken, Sam Yeaman, Jason A. Holliday et al. · Evolutionary Applications · 2008 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Chromosome Inversions, Local Adaptation and Speciation

Mark Kirkpatrick, Nick Barton · Genetics · 2005 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Gene Flow and Local Adaptation in Trees

Outi Savolainen, Tanja Pyhäjärvi, Timo Knürr · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2007 · 1.2K citations

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  1. AL
    Anssi Laurila

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    13 publications · 968 citations

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    Sylvain Gandon

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    11 publications · 2K citations

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  3. LD
    Luc De Meester

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    11 publications · 836 citations

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    Jon Ågren

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. AL
    Amy L. Angert

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    9 publications · 685 citations

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    104 publications

    8.5K citations

  2. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    28 h-index

    79 publications

    6.5K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    26 h-index

    82 publications

    18.5K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    25 h-index

    60 publications

    6.1K citations

  5. Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

    Montpellier, France

    19 h-index

    35 publications

    2.4K citations

  6. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    18 h-index

    53 publications

    3.8K citations

  7. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    18 h-index

    47 publications

    3.9K citations

  8. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    17 h-index

    36 publications

    3.2K citations

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  1. Evolution

    107 publications · 9.7K citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 41 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. Molecular Ecology

    39 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 44 publications · 3.3K citations

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