Maintaining local adaptation is key for evolutionary rescue and long-term persistence of populations experiencing habitat loss and a changing environment

The Anthropocene is marked by increased population extirpations and redistributions driven primarily by human-induced climate change and habitat loss. Habitat loss affects populations by removing occupiable area, which reduces carrying capacity through a reduction in resources, and fragmenting the landscape, which can reduce gene flow with potential consequences for adaptation to changing environmental conditions. Real patterns of habitat loss are non-random, often clustered in space and within a subset of environmental conditions (e.g., primarily in the valleys of a mountain-valley region). Spatial clustering of habitat loss can alter population connectivity, and environmental clustering can shift the mean as well as decrease the variance in environmental conditions available to populations. We evaluate how spatial and environmental biases underlying habitat loss impact the survival of populations (as a proxy of evolutionary rescue) exposed to both habitat loss and environmental change..., , , # Data from: Maintaining local adaptation is key for evolutionary rescue and long-term persistence of populations experiencing habitat loss and a changing environment [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22rq](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22rq) ## Description of the data and file structure Simulation results and accompanying code from \"Baiotto, T. and Guzman, L.M. (2025) Maintaining local adaptation is key for evolutionary rescue and long-term persistence of populations experiencing habitat loss and a changing environment. Submitted to Evolutionary Applications\". ### Files and variables This repository contains one file (evolutionary-rescue.zip), with contents described below. ### Directory and File Structure: ``` ├── images ├── other ├── outputs │ ├── spatial │ │ ├── landscapes │ │ ├── simulation_output │ │ └── spinup_files │ └── stats └── script ├── R │ └── addt_functions └── slim ``` The .zip contains several folders. 1) script, which contain...