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Contrasting patterns of phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits in two great tit (Parus major) populations.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Aug 2010
Husby Arild, Nussey Dan H, Visser Marcel E, Wilson Alastair J, Sheldon Ben C, Kruuk Loeske E B
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism via which populations can respond to changing environmental conditions, but we know very little about how natural populations vary with respect to plasticity. Here we use random-regression animal models to understand the multivariate phenotypic and genetic patterns of plasticity variation in two key life-history traits, laying date and clutch size, using data from...
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