Evolution in a changing environment : a case study with great tit fledging mass

Heritable phenotypic traits under significant and consistent directional selection often fail to show the expected evolutionary response. A potential explanation for this contradiction is that because environmental conditions change constantly, environmental change can mask an evolutionary response...

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Main Authors: Dany Garant, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Robin H. McCleery, Ben C. Sheldon
Other Authors: American Society of Naturalists
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004
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