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Causes of lifetime fitness of Darwin's finches in a fluctuating environment.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Jan 2011
Grant Peter R, Grant B Rosemary
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis of variation in fitness of many organisms has been studied in the laboratory, but relatively little is known of fitness variation in natural environments or its causes. Lifetime fitness (recruitment) may be determined solely by producing many offspring, modified by stochastic effects on their subsequent survival up to the point of breeding, or by an additional contribution made by the high...
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