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FIELD EXPERIMENTS, INTRODUCTIONS,
AND EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION
A Review and Practical Guide
Duncan J. Irschick and David Reznick
METHODS FOR FIELD MANIPULATIONS
Replacement Methods
Live Animal Introductions
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM FIELD EXPERIMENTS THAT WE
CANNOT LEARN FROM LABORATORY STUDIES?
Mechanisms of Population Establishment
Rapid Evolution
Natural and Unnatural Habitat Alterations
CONCLUSION
Experimental Evolution: Concepts, Methods, and Applications of Selection Experiments, edited by Theodore
Garland, Jr., and Michael R. Rose. Copyright © by the Regents of the University of California. All rights of
reproduction in any form reserved.
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