Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Climate Change in a Wild Bird Population
Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Climate Change in a Wild Bird Population
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Rapid climate change has been implicated as a cause of evolution in poorly adapted populations. However, phenotypic plasticity provides the potential for organisms to respond rapidly and effectively to environmental change. Using a 47-year population study of the great tit (Parus major) in the United Kingdom, we show that individual adjustment of b...
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Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Climate Change in a Wild Bird Population
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69193374
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69193374
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1157174
