> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 4 topics, 3 evergreens, 2 sources</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[individual selection]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [individual selection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20selection) > > Ecological selection (or environmental selection or survival selection or individual selection or asexual selection) refers to [[natural selection]] without [[sexual selection]], i.e. strictly ecological processes that operate on a species' inherited traits without reference to mating or secondary sex characteristics. The variant names describe varying circumstances where sexual selection is wholly suppressed as a mating factor. Ecologists often study ecological selection when examining the abundance of individuals per population across regions, and what governs such abundances. ##### ^dataviews > [!dataview]+ Related unlinked notes > > - [[Individual selection is an emergent mechanic of group selection]] > [!dataview]- Other unlinked mentions > > - [[Darwin's Cathedral by David Sloan Wilson]] > - [[lecture - Behavioral Evolution]] > - [[topics]] > - [[group selection]] > - [[kin selection]] > - [[Altruism mainly evolves through inter-group selection]] > - [[Group selection solves the fundamental problem of social life]]