caa a22 4500 606164952 CHVBK 20210128100651.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10144-015-0488-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10144-015-0488-z Cothran Rickey Department of Biological Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive, 73096, Weatherford, OK, USA aut The importance of reproductive interference in ecology and evolution: from organisms to communities [Elektronische Daten] [Rickey Cothran] Knowledge of species interactions is vital to understand ecological and evolutionary patterns in nature. Traditional species interactions (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis) have received a great deal of deserved attention and their general importance in shaping the evolution of populations and structure of communities is unquestioned. Recently, reproductive interference has been receiving attention as an important species interaction. Reproductive interference is defined as interspecific reproductive activities that decrease the fitness of at least one of the species involved in the interaction. Reproductive interference has the potential to affect the evolutionary trajectories of populations and structure of communities. Here, I comment on seven papers that make up this special feature on reproductive interference. Along the way I highlight key discoveries of these studies and areas of research that may contribute to our understanding of the causes and consequences of reproductive interference. The Society of Population Ecology and Springer Japan, 2015 Reproductive interference nationallicence Species interactions nationallicence Cost of mating nationallicence Male promiscuity nationallicence Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/2(2015-04-01), 339-341 1438-3896 57:2<339 2015 57 10144 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0488-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0488-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Cothran Rickey Department of Biological Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive, 73096, Weatherford, OK, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/2(2015-04-01), 339-341 1438-3896 57:2<339 2015 57 10144