Coevolution and Escalation: Are Ongoing Coevolutionary Meanderings Important?
Coevolution and Escalation: Are Ongoing Coevolutionary Meanderings Important?
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共同进化和升级：持续的共同进化曲折重要吗？
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发表时间：
1999
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2.9
通讯作者：
J. Thompson
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作者：
J. Thompson
物种相互作用的地理镶嵌通常产生的非定向共同进化动力学可能正是使相互作用在不断变化的世界中持续存在的重要过程。这一观点与维梅吉的观点形成鲜明对比，维梅吉认为对抗性共同进化已在很大程度上被一种更分散的宏观进化过程所取代，他称之为升级。作为持续的进化过程，共同进化和升级很可能都是至关重要的。尽管共同进化的地理镶嵌通常无法扩展到主要的宏观进化模式，但它是进化与生态学的真正界面。这些正在进行的共同进化过程和模式是我们需要了解的，以了解如何开发更有效的方法来保护物种多样性、控制疾病的地理动态以及提高生物控制计划的长期有效性。
The nondirectional coevolutionary dynamics often produced by the geographic mosaic of species interactions may be precisely the important processes that allow interactions to persist in the midst of a constantly changing world. This view contrasts with that of Vermeij, who has argued that antagonistic coevolution has been largely replaced by a more diffuse macroevolutionary process that he has called escalation. It is likely that coevolution and escalation are both crucial as ongoing evolutionary processes. Although the geographic mosaic of coevolution may often not scale up to major macroevolutionary patterns, it is the true interface of evolution and ecology. These ongoing coevolutionary processes and patterns are what we need to understand how to develop more effective approaches to the conservation of species diversity, the manipulation of the geographic dynamics of diseases, and increased long‐term effectiveness of biological control programs.