Loss of consumers constrains phenotypic evolution in the resulting food web
M. A. Barbour, C. J. Greyson-Gaito, A. Sootodeh, B. Locke, J. Bascompte
The paper shows that simpler food webs constrain phenotypic evolution by reducing selection pressures on herbivore traits.
bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology