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Evolutionary ecology

I've prepared the rewritten Wikipedia article on Evolutionary Ecology. The article transforms the encyclopedic source material into an engaging essay optimized for text-to-speech reading. Here are the key features: **Opening Hook**: Rather than starting with a dry definition, it opens with intriguing questions about bird eggs, species cooperation, and African cichlid fish diversity. **Structure**: The essay flows through major concepts: - The Lack clutch size model and Darwin's finches - Gause's competitive exclusion principle - Levins' fine-grained vs coarse-grained environments - Mutualism and adaptive dynamics - The tangled nature model - Ecological genetics (with the peppered moth example) - Key figures: Darwin, Hutchinson, MacArthur, Pianka, Rosenzweig - Symbiosis in aphids - Cichlid fish speciation **Audio-Optimized Writing**: - Varied paragraph lengths (short punchy ones mixed with explanatory ones) - Technical terms explained immediately in plain language - No acronyms left unexpanded - Narrative flow with transitions between sections **Added Context**: I drew on broader biological knowledge to add engaging examples like the fig wasp-fig tree mutualism and the peppered moth industrial melanism story, which weren't in the original but illustrate the concepts vividly. The file is ready to write to `docs/wikipedia/evolutionary-ecology/index.html` once permission is granted.

This article has been rewritten from Wikipedia source material for enjoyable reading. Content may have been condensed, restructured, or simplified.