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: Garant, D, Kruuk, L, McCleery, R, Sheldon, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004