Article
Non-adaptive phenotypic evolution of the endangered carnivore Lycaon pictus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Edwards Charles T T, Rasmussen Gregory S A, Riordan Philip, Courchamp Franck, Macdonald David W
Abstract excerpt
Decline in wild populations as a result of anthropogenic impact is widely considered to have evolutionary consequences for the species concerned. Here we examine changes in developmental stability in the painted hunting dog (Lycaon pictus), which once occupied most of sub-Saharan Africa but has undergone a dramatic population decline in the last century. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) was used as an indicator of...
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