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Urban driven phenotypic changes: empirical observations and theoretical implications for eco-evolutionary feedback.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Jan 2017
Alberti Marina, Marzluff John, Hunt Victoria M
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Emerging evidence that cities drive micro-evolution raises the question of whether rapid urbanization of Earth might impact ecosystems by causing systemic changes in functional traits that regulate urban ecosystems' productivity and stability. Intraspecific trait variation-variation in organisms' morphological, physiological or behavioural characteristics stemming from genetic variability and phenotypic...
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