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Hormonal, behavioral, and life-history traits exhibit correlated shifts in relation to population establishment in a novel environment.
The American naturalist - 1 Dec 2014
Atwell Jonathan W, Cardoso Gonçalo C, Whittaker Danielle J, Price Trevor D, Ketterson Ellen D
Abstract excerpt
Climate change, habitat alteration, range expansions, and biological invasions are all predicted to require rapid shifts in multiple traits including behavior and life history, both for initial population establishment and subsequent adaptation. Hormonal mechanisms likely play a key role in facilitating or constraining plastic and genetic responses for suites of traits, but few studies have evaluated their role...
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