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February 28, 2026Evolution2 citationsOpen Access

Experimental Evolution in Complex Communities: Beyond Simple Interactions

Experimental evolution in communities: beyond pairwise interactions

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VMVincent MontbelJHJan Hrček

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Experimental evolution reveals how community context affects adaptation and coevolution, indicating new research directions in ecology.

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  • This study aims to understand how community dynamics reshape evolutionary processes compared to single-species models.
  • Conducted a systematic literature survey of multi-species, multi-generation evolution studies
  • Identified trends and gaps in existing experimental evolution research
  • Analyzed concepts of community ecology as they relate to experimental evolution
  • Identified 100 studies focused on multi-species experimental evolution, with a growing number recently
  • Highlighted a bias towards microbial systems and competitive interactions in existing research
  • Emphasized the importance of indirect effects and eco-evolutionary feedbacks in community dynamics
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Montbel et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a287690a974eb0d3c0328chttps://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag029
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