Draining the Swamping Hypothesis: Little Evidence that Gene Flow Reduces Fitness at Range Edges

Expressed mutational load increases toward the edge of a species’ geographic range

(2020) Antoine Perrier et al.   EVOLUTION

Gene flow effects on populations inhabiting marginal areas: origin matters

(2020) Javier Morente‐López et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mixed support for gene flow as a constraint to local adaptation and contributor to the limited geographic range of an endemic salamander

(2020) Steven J. Micheletti et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

How many and when? Optimising targeted gene flow for a step change in the environment

(2019) Ella Kelly et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A genome‐wide search for local adaptation in a terrestrial‐breeding frog reveals vulnerability to climate change

(2019) Deanne Cummins et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Exciting Potential and Remaining Uncertainties of Genetic Rescue

(2019) Donovan A. Bell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

BA3‐SNPs: Contemporary migration reconfigured in BayesAss for next‐generation sequence data

(2019) Steven M. Mussmann et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Gene flow at the leading range edge: The long‐term consequences of isolation in European Beech ( Fagus sylvatica L. Kuhn)

(2019) M. Jennifer Sjölund et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Range edges in heterogeneous landscapes: Integrating geographic scale and climate complexity into range dynamics

(2019) Meagan F. Oldfather et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Decadal stability in genetic variation and structure in the intertidal seaweed Fucus serratus (Heterokontophyta: Fucaceae)

(2018) Alexander Jueterbock et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Invoking adaptation to decipher the genetic legacy of past climate change

(2018) Guillaume de Lafontaine et al.   ECOLOGY

Accumulation of Mutational Load at the Edges of a Species Range

(2018) Yvonne Willi et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Navigating the Interface Between Landscape Genetics and Landscape Genomics

(2018) Andrew Storfer et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Local adaptation primes cold‐edge populations for range expansion but not warming‐induced range shifts

(2018) Anna L. Hargreaves et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Geography and Environment Shape Landscape Genetics of Mediterranean Alpine Species Silene ciliata Poiret. (Caryophyllaceae)

(2018) Javier Morente-López et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

From inland to the coast: Spatial and environmental signatures on the genetic diversity in the colonization of the South Atlantic Coastal Plain

(2017) Gustavo A. Silva-Arias et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Genomic signatures of local adaptation reveal source-sink dynamics in a high gene flow fish species

(2017) Katherine Cure et al.   Scientific Reports

Population differentiation and countergradient variation throughout the geographic range in the fern gametophyte Vittaria appalachiana

(2016) S. M. Chambers et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The problem of estimating recent genetic connectivity in a changing world

(2016) Pasan Samarasin et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Determinants of Range Limits in Montane Woodland Salamanders (GenusPlethodon)

(2016) Marta P. Lyons et al.   COPEIA

A synthesis of transplant experiments and ecological niche models suggests that range limits are often niche limits

(2016) Julie A. Lee-Yaw et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Strong genetic differentiation but not local adaptation toward the range limit of a coastal dune plant

(2016) Karen E. Samis et al.   EVOLUTION

Dispersal limitation of the mangrove Avicennia marina at its South African range limit in strong contrast to connectivity in its core East African region

(2016) DJR De Ryck et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Role of selection and gene flow in population differentiation at the edge vs. interior of the species range differing in climatic conditions

(2016) S. Volis et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Climate structures genetic variation across a species' elevation range: a test of range limits hypotheses

(2016) Jason P. Sexton et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Population genomic footprints of fine-scale differentiation between habitats in Mediterranean blue tits

(2016) M. Szulkin et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Dispersal limitation of the mangrove Avicennia marina at its South African range limit in strong contrast to connectivity in its core East African region

(2016) DJR De Ryck et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Genetic diversity and structure of the tropical seagrass Cymodocea serrulata spanning its central diversity hotspot and range edge

(2015) Dan M. Arriesgado et al.   AQUATIC ECOLOGY

Targeted gene flow for conservation

(2015) Ella Kelly et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Dispersal limitation and population differentiation in performance beyond a northern range limit in an asexually reproducing fern

(2015) Sally M. Stevens et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Local adaptation at range edges: comparing elevation and latitudinal gradients

(2015) A. H. Halbritter et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Isolation by environment in White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) of the Madrean Archipelago sky islands: a landscape genomics approach

(2015) Joseph D. Manthey et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic rescue of small inbred populations: meta-analysis reveals large and consistent benefits of gene flow

(2015) Richard Frankham   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Combining niche modelling and landscape genetics to study local adaptation: A novel approach illustrated using alpine plants

(2015) Jonathan Rolland et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Limits to adaptation along environmental gradients

(2015) Jitka Polechová et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerating extinction risk from climate change

(2015) M. C. Urban   SCIENCE

High genetic diversity within island-like peripheral populations ofPedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, a species with a northern geographic distribution

(2014) Ada Wróblewska   ANNALES BOTANICI FENNICI

Genetic diversity in threatened Posidonia australis seagrass meadows

(2014) Suzanna M. Evans et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Isolation by environment

(2014) Ian J. Wang et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Insights from population genetics for range limits of a widely distributed native plant

(2013) John Stanton-Geddes et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Are Species’ Range Limits Simply Niche Limits Writ Large? A Review of Transplant Experiments beyond the Range

(2013) Anna L. Hargreaves et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Assisted Gene Flow to Facilitate Local Adaptation to Climate Change

(2013) Sally N. Aitken et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

GENETIC ISOLATION BY ENVIRONMENT OR DISTANCE: WHICH PATTERN OF GENE FLOW IS MOST COMMON?

(2013) Jason P. Sexton et al.   EVOLUTION

Local adaptation and range boundary formation in response to complex environmental gradients across the geographical range ofClarkia xantianassp. xantiana

(2013) Billie Gould et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Serial Founder Effects During Range Expansion: A Spatial Analog of Genetic Drift

(2012) M. Slatkin et al.   GENETICS

The role of gene flow asymmetry along an environmental gradient in constraining local adaptation and range expansion

(2012) K. M. FEDORKA et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A new analytical approach to landscape genetic modelling: least-cost transect analysis and linear mixed models

(2012) MAARTEN J. VAN STRIEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Adaptation at range margins: common garden trials and the performance ofArabidopsis lyrataacross its northwestern European range

(2012) Philippine Vergeer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Inbreeding at the edge: does inbreeding depression increase under more stressful conditions?

(2012) Alfredo García-Fernández et al.   OIKOS

Limited evolutionary rescue of locally adapted populations facing climate change

(2012) K. Schiffers et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Extreme genetic depauperation and differentiation of both populations and species in Eurasian feather grasses (Stipa)

(2012) Walter Durka et al.   PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION

Inbreeding and outbreeding depression in Stylidium hispidum: implications for mixing seed sources for ecological restoration

(2012) Kristina M. Hufford et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Population Genetics and the Evolution of Geographic Range Limits in an Annual Plant

(2011) David A. Moeller et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Quantifying the Impact of Gene Flow on Phenotype-Environment Mismatch: A Demonstration with the Scarlet Monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis

(2011) John R. Paul et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Predicting the Probability of Outbreeding Depression

(2011) RICHARD FRANKHAM et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Consequences of Range Contractions and Range Shifts on Molecular Diversity

(2011) Miguel Arenas et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Gene flow increases fitness at the warm edge of a species' range

(2011) J. P. Sexton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phenotypic and Genotypic Diversity of Eastern Leatherwood in Five Populations That Span Its Geographic Distribution

(2010) Bryan J. Peterson et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Overrun by the neighbors: Landscape context affects strength and sign of local adaptation

(2010) Ayco J. M. Tack et al.   ECOLOGY

Why is adaptation prevented at ecological margins? New insights from individual-based simulations

(2010) Jon R. Bridle et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Population Genetic Differences along a Latitudinal Cline between Original and Recently Colonized Habitat in a Butterfly

(2010) Sofie Vandewoestijne et al.   PLoS One

Ecological Limits and Fitness Consequences of Cross‐Gradient Pollen Movement in Lasthenia fremontii

(2009) Nancy C. Emery   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Evolution and Ecology of Species Range Limits

(2009) Jason P. Sexton et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Can gene flow have negative demographic consequences? Mixed evidence from stream threespine stickleback

(2009) J.-S. Moore et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The niche, limits to species' distributions, and spatiotemporal variation in demography across the elevation ranges of two monkeyflowers

(2009) A. L. Angert   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic variation across species’ geographical ranges: the central–marginal hypothesis and beyond

(2008) C. G. ECKERT et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY