Environmental stress amplifies competitive asymmetry and drives divergent hybrid zone outcomes
Brynn E. Johnson, Cameron Adkins, Taylor N. Black, Mysia Dye, Isabelle Mendoza, Rachel L. Moran
The paper tests how environmental stress affects competitive asymmetry in two hybrid darter species, showing that stress amplifies competition and leads to different hybrid zone outcomes.
bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology