Journal Article
Methodological artefacts cause counter‐intuitive evolutionary conclusions in a simulation study
Loke von Schmalensee; Mats Ittonen; Anna Brødsgaard Shoshan; Kevin T. Roberts; Isabelle Siemers; Philip Süess; Christer Wiklund; Karl Gotthard
Ecology Letters · Vol. 27, Issue 6 · 2024
Abstract
In their simulation study, Garcia‐Costoya et al. (2023) conclude that evolutionary constraints might aid populations facing climate change. However, we are concerned that this conclusion is largely a consequence of the simulated temperature variation being too small, and, most importantly, that uneven limitations to standing variation disadvantage unconstrained populations.