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Evolutionary biology

a situation where rapid environmental change makes organisms rely on once-reliable cues that now lead to choices lowering survival or reproduction.

In evolutionary biology, evolutionary trap refers to a situation where rapid environmental change makes organisms rely on once-reliable cues that now lead to choices lowering survival or reproduction. This meaning comes from Schlaepfer (2002) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.[1]

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References

Schlaepfer, M. A., Runge, M. C., & Sherman, P. W. (2002). Ecological and evolutionary traps. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17(10), 474-480. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(02)02580-6

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