Eshel I
Department of Statistics, Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
J Math Biol. 1996;34(5-6):485-510. doi: 10.1007/BF02409747.
Eighteen different terms, currently employed to define various concepts of evolutionary stability in population dynamics are mentioned in this paper. Most of these terms are used in different connotations and even different meanings by different authors. On the other hand, different terms are often employed by different authors to define quite the same concept. Twenty-five years ago there was only one, well-defined, concept of stability, universally recognized in the field. In this paper I will try to relate the recent confusion, concerning concepts of population stability, with a more serious, though not that well-recognized, confusion in the modern analytic approach to population dynamics and quantitative evolution. Concepts of population stability will be examined in relation to each other on the one hand and, on the other hand, in relation to two dichotomies regarding the dynamic processes to which they correspond: Short-term versus long-term processes and processes concerning phenotypic changes versus process concerning genotypic changes. A hopefully more consistent use of the current terminology is suggested.
本文提及了目前用于定义种群动态中各种进化稳定性概念的18个不同术语。这些术语中的大多数被不同作者用于不同的内涵，甚至不同的含义。另一方面，不同作者经常使用不同的术语来定义完全相同的概念。25年前，在该领域只有一个定义明确、被普遍认可的稳定性概念。在本文中，我将尝试把近期关于种群稳定性概念的混乱，与现代种群动态和定量进化分析方法中一个更严重（尽管未得到充分认识）的混乱联系起来。一方面，将相互比较种群稳定性的概念；另一方面，将其与它们所对应的动态过程的两个二分法联系起来：短期与长期过程，以及涉及表型变化的过程与涉及基因型变化的过程。建议对当前术语进行更一致的使用。
