Title |
Evolution of the indoor biome
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Published in |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2015
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DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2015.02.001 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
NESCent Working Group on the Evolutionary Biology of the Built Environment, Laura J. Martin, Rachel I. Adams, Ashley Bateman, Holly M. Bik, John Hawks, Sarah M. Hird, David Hughes, Steven W. Kembel, Kerry Kinney, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Gabriel Levy, Craig McClain, James F. Meadow, Raul F. Medina, Gwynne Mhuireach, Corrie S. Moreau, Jason Munshi-South, Lauren M. Nichols, Clare Palmer, Laura Popova, Coby Schal, Martin Täubel, Michelle Trautwein, Juan A. Ugalde, Robert R. Dunn |
Abstract |
Few biologists have studied the evolutionary processes at work in indoor environments. Yet indoor environments comprise approximately 0.5% of ice-free land area - an area as large as the subtropical coniferous forest biome. Here we review the emerging subfield of 'indoor biome' studies. After defining the indoor biome and tracing its deep history, we discuss some of its evolutionary dimensions. We restrict our examples to the species found in human houses - a subset of the environments constituting the indoor biome - and offer preliminary hypotheses to advance the study of indoor evolution. Studies of the indoor biome are situated at the intersection of evolutionary ecology, anthropology, architecture, and human ecology and are well suited for citizen science projects, public outreach, and large-scale international collaborations. |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
Canada | 2 | 3% |
Australia | 2 | 3% |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1 | 2% |
Cameroon | 1 | 2% |
Germany | 1 | 2% |
France | 1 | 2% |
Austria | 1 | 2% |
Other | 3 | 5% |
Unknown | 27 | 41% |
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Scientists | 29 | 44% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
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Brazil | 2 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Panama | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Other | 4 | 1% |
Unknown | 259 | 92% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 57 | 20% |
Researcher | 51 | 18% |
Student > Master | 30 | 11% |
Professor | 19 | 7% |
Student > Bachelor | 19 | 7% |
Other | 53 | 19% |
Unknown | 52 | 19% |
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Environmental Science | 27 | 10% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 6% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 4% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 3% |
Other | 37 | 13% |
Unknown | 65 | 23% |