@article{bef5ecd9eadf4123a1914b4d6fb7d126,
title = "Evolution of the indoor biome",
abstract = "Few biologists have studied the evolutionary processes at work in indoor environments. Yet indoor environments comprise approximately 0.5% of ice-free land area - an area as large as the subtropical coniferous forest biome. Here we review the emerging subfield of 'indoor biome' studies. After defining the indoor biome and tracing its deep history, we discuss some of its evolutionary dimensions. We restrict our examples to the species found in human houses - a subset of the environments constituting the indoor biome - and offer preliminary hypotheses to advance the study of indoor evolution. Studies of the indoor biome are situated at the intersection of evolutionary ecology, anthropology, architecture, and human ecology and are well suited for citizen science projects, public outreach, and large-scale international collaborations.",
author = "{NESCent Working Group on the Evolutionary Biology of the Built Environment} and Martin, {Laura J.} and Adams, {Rachel I.} and Ashley Bateman and Bik, {Holly M.} and John Hawks and Hird, {Sarah M.} and David Hughes and Kembel, {Steven W.} and Kerry Kinney and Kolokotronis, {Sergios Orestis} and Gabriel Levy and Craig McClain and Meadow, {James F.} and Medina, {Raul F.} and Gwynne Mhuireach and Moreau, {Corrie S.} and Jason Munshi-South and Nichols, {Lauren M.} and Clare Palmer and Laura Popova and Coby Schal and Martin T{\"a}ubel and Michelle Trautwein and Ugalde, {Juan A.} and Dunn, {Robert R.}",
note = "Funding Information: This review emerged from a catalysis meeting at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center [National Science Foundation (NSF) EF-0905606] supported by the Sloan Foundation (2012-5-47 IE). R.R.D. was supported by NSF grant 551819-0654 and by the Southeast Climate Science Center while writing this review and L.J.M. by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The authors thank S. Crane, L. Fellman, C.E. Kraft, H. Menninger, M. Siva-Jothy, J. Siegel, W. Wilson, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful feedback. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier Ltd.",
year = "2015",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.tree.2015.02.001",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "30",
pages = "223--232",
journal = "Trends in Ecology and Evolution",
issn = "0169-5347",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "4",
}