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The role of viability selection in shaping short- and long-term consequences of early-life conditions: An experiment in the Alpine swift.
The Journal of animal ecology - 1 Aug 2026
Jarayseh Bashar, Masoero Giulia, Bize Pierre
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Environmental conditions experienced early in life can shape growth, morphology and survival, and can have lasting effects on individuals that survive to adulthood. Understanding how early-life conditions affect fitness components across the life cycle is therefore essential for predicting variation in life-history trajectories and their ecological and evolutionary consequences. We experimentally tested for...
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