Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries
Abstract The concept of “indirect evolutionary rescue” refers to the evolutionary adaptation of an interacting species that can save a focal species from extinction in an unfavorable environment. Although theories suggest that indirect evolutionary rescue may have essential impacts on catchments in...
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| description | Abstract The concept of “indirect evolutionary rescue” refers to the evolutionary adaptation of an interacting species that can save a focal species from extinction in an unfavorable environment. Although theories suggest that indirect evolutionary rescue may have essential impacts on catchments in the context of fisheries where artificial selection pressure from fishing can drive evolution, its generality and conditions remain uncertain. In this study, by investigating how prey adaptation affects the persistence of a predator subjected to selective harvest with an eco‐evolutionary predator–prey model, we find that prey adaptation tends to deteriorate (facilitate) predator persistence when predator's evolvability is high (low). In the system where the predator possesses high evolvability, selection by fisheries inhibits a predator's adaptation to prey, allowing the prey to escape predation by adaptation. Prey adaptation will affect predator persistence negatively, leading to evolutionary murder. Conversely, in the system where the predator's evolvability is low, the removal of predator individuals by fisheries relaxes predation pressure on prey, making the prey less defensive. Vulnerable prey affects predator persistence positively, resulting in indirect evolutionary rescue. The context‐dependent response of natural resources to fisheries identified in this study suggests that the eco‐evolutionary interplay should be considered for better natural resource management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-85b16c3e6d324da585bf26b345d8fbed2025-08-20T02:53:37ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582024-12-011412n/an/a10.1002/ece3.70336Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheriesYangke Shang0Minoru Kasada1Michio Kondoh2Graduate School of Life Sciences Tohoku University Sendai JapanGraduate School of Life Sciences Tohoku University Sendai JapanGraduate School of Life Sciences Tohoku University Sendai JapanAbstract The concept of “indirect evolutionary rescue” refers to the evolutionary adaptation of an interacting species that can save a focal species from extinction in an unfavorable environment. Although theories suggest that indirect evolutionary rescue may have essential impacts on catchments in the context of fisheries where artificial selection pressure from fishing can drive evolution, its generality and conditions remain uncertain. In this study, by investigating how prey adaptation affects the persistence of a predator subjected to selective harvest with an eco‐evolutionary predator–prey model, we find that prey adaptation tends to deteriorate (facilitate) predator persistence when predator's evolvability is high (low). In the system where the predator possesses high evolvability, selection by fisheries inhibits a predator's adaptation to prey, allowing the prey to escape predation by adaptation. Prey adaptation will affect predator persistence negatively, leading to evolutionary murder. Conversely, in the system where the predator's evolvability is low, the removal of predator individuals by fisheries relaxes predation pressure on prey, making the prey less defensive. Vulnerable prey affects predator persistence positively, resulting in indirect evolutionary rescue. The context‐dependent response of natural resources to fisheries identified in this study suggests that the eco‐evolutionary interplay should be considered for better natural resource management.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70336coevolutionary dynamicevolutionary murderfisheries‐induced evolutionindirect evolutionary rescuepredator–prey systemselective harvest |
| spellingShingle | Yangke Shang Minoru Kasada Michio Kondoh Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries Ecology and Evolution coevolutionary dynamic evolutionary murder fisheries‐induced evolution indirect evolutionary rescue predator–prey system selective harvest |
| title | Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries |
| title_full | Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries |
| title_fullStr | Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries |
| title_short | Rescue or murder? The effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries |
| title_sort | rescue or murder the effect of prey adaptation to the predator subjected to fisheries |
| topic | coevolutionary dynamic evolutionary murder fisheries‐induced evolution indirect evolutionary rescue predator–prey system selective harvest |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70336 |
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