Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change in a wild bird population.
Rapid climate change has been implicated as a cause of evolution in poorly adapted populations. However, phenotypic plasticity provides the potential for organisms to respond rapidly and effectively to environmental change. Using a 47-year population study of the great tit (Parus major) in the Unite...
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Formato: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2008
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