Exploring the analytical consequences of ecological subjects unwittingly neglected by the mainstream of evolutionary thought / Rodriguez Ricardo A.,Duncan Janelle M.,Vanni Michael J.,Melkikh Alexey V.,Delgado Juan D.,Riera Rodrigo,Herrera Ada M.,Camarena Tomas,Quiros Angel,Fernandez-Palacios Jose M.,Miranda Jezahel V.,Perdomo Maria E.,Fernandez-Rodriguez Maria J.,Jimenez-Rodriguez Antonia,Otto Rudiger,Escudero Carlos G.,Navarro-Cerrillo Rafael M.,Gonzalez Maria J. // ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. - 2017

ISSN/EISSN:

0304-3800 / 1872-7026

Type:

Article

Abstract:

The Darwinian interpretation (Di) of evolutionary process, and its subsequent development in the form of modern evolutionary synthesis (MES), plays a paradigmatic role in the mainstream biological thought. However, the main role in the improvement from Di to MES has depended on population genetics. Conventional ecosystem ecology has added relatively few specific insights to this endeavor in spite of the well-known combined selective influence from environment. This article integrates i) recent findings in genetics (i.e.: evolutionary capacitance); ii) orthodox topics as well as recent results from a large set of models in ecosystem ecology which have recently been encompassed under the term ``organic biophysics of ecosystem{''}; and an epistemological analysis of the origin of On the Origin of Species... by reaching four main particular conclusions: (a) Despite the contemporary recognition that any kind of interspecific relationship has an evolutionary influence, the analytical emphasis of Di and MES on competition has been unwittingly oversized because of the paradoxical manner in which mutualism can emerge as an essential evolutionary force starting from competition, being this an unpublished topic that is analyzed in this manuscript by the first time. This link between two interspecific relationships that seem opposite to each other at the first glance is based on quantum effects that are totally unknown in conventional evolutionary theory due to its bias in favor of genetics, neglecting ecological considerations by contrast. (6) A holistic combination of ecological, genetic and evolutionary insights at the ecosystem level additionally confirms that the analytical role of evolutionary gradualism has also been oversized. (c) The main criterion of evolutionary success conventionally applied by Di and MES should be modified given that: (d) the preferential direction of evolutionary process theoretically proposed by Di and MES does not match with the direction of spontaneous development of natural ecosystems. The final section of this manuscript explains that these four critical outcomes in regard to Di and MES seem to have their root in epistemological inaccuracies involved in the origin of On the Origin of Species...that have been passed from generation to generation without being subjected to interdisciplinary scrutiny. This article showcases the need to review some of the foundational principles of Di and MES before building a ``new floor{''} (i.e.: the extended evolutionary synthesis) supported on our current perspective about the evolutionary process. So, contrastingly with the genocentric nature of conventional evolutionary theory, large sections of our current evolutionary thought could change if we take into account some old results, as well as some recent ones, achieved by means of interdisciplinary approaches. In summary, this article concludes that the MES, despite its correct structure in essential points, could reach a significantly more complete epistemological condition than its current state if we add some fundamental results from ecosystem ecology that have been unwittingly neglected so far. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Author keywords:

Darwinism; Ecosystem ecology; Evolutionary capacitance; Evolutionary forces; Organic biophysics of ecosystems; Quantum eco-evolutionary effects BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; QUANTUM-MECHANICS; SPECIES-DIVERSITY; HOPEFUL MONSTERS; DARWINS FINCHES; K-SELECTION; R-SELECTION; DOMESTICATION; LIFE; INHERITANCE

DOI:

10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.03.02

Web of Science ID:

ISI:000402345800008

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Поле	Значение
Month	JUL 10
Publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Address	PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Language	English
EISSN	1872-7026
Keywords-Plus	BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; QUANTUM-MECHANICS; SPECIES-DIVERSITY; HOPEFUL MONSTERS; DARWINS FINCHES; K-SELECTION; R-SELECTION; DOMESTICATION; LIFE; INHERITANCE
Research-Areas	Environmental Sciences \& Ecology
Web-of-Science-Categories	Ecology
Author-Email	arodveg@gmail.com
ORCID-Numbers	Fernandez-Palacios, Jose Maria/0000-0001-9741-6878
Funding-Acknowledgement	Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Program {[}F-69-P]; National Science Foundation {[}DEB-LTREB: 0743192]
Funding-Text	Funding for this research was provided by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Program (F-69-P, Fish Management in Ohio) administered jointly by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife to M.J. Gonzalez and M.J. Vanni; National Science Foundation DEB-LTREB: 0743192 to M.J. Vanni, M.J. Gonzalez.
Number-of-Cited-References	107
Usage-Count-Last-180-days	10
Usage-Count-Since-2013	10
Journal-ISO	Ecol. Model.
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