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Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Apr 2023
Nafstad Ådne M, Rønning Bernt, Aase Kenneth, Ringsby Thor Harald, Hagen Ingerid J, Ranke Peter S, Kvalnes Thomas, Stawski Clare, Räsänen Katja, Saether Bernt-Erik, Muff Stefanie, Jensen Henrik
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An organism's energy budget is strongly related to resource consumption, performance, and fitness. Hence, understanding the evolution of key energetic traits, such as basal metabolic rate (BMR), in natural populations is central for understanding life-history evolution and ecological processes. Here we used quantitative genetic analyses to study evolutionary potential of BMR in two insular populations of the...
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