All animals and plants respond to changes in the environment during their life cycle. This
flexibility is known as phenotypic plasticity and allows organisms to cope with variable …

Invasive predators can alter community structure and dynamics in their invaded communities
through direct consumption of prey and by inducing prey to alter traits, such as behavior or …

Understanding how species adapt to environmental change is necessary to protect
biodiversity and ecosystem services. Growing evidence suggests species can adapt rapidly …

Biological invasions have caused the loss of freshwater biodiversity worldwide. The
interplay between adaptive responses and demographic characteristics of populations …

Modèle Thèse-Mémoire Page 1 ii UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL MODULATION OF
MICROEVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES BY ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS AT THE BASE OF …

Introductions of novel predators have caused dramatic declines and extinctions of native
prey species worldwide. This also concerns the littoral community of the northern Baltic Sea …