Marked reduction in demographic rates and reduced fitness advantage for early breeding is not linked to reduced thermal matching of breeding time
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3603
Abstract: Abstract Warmer springs may cause animals to become mistimed if advances of spring timing, including available resources and of timing of breeding occur at different speed. We used thermal sums (cumulative sum of degree days)… read more here.
Keywords: breeding; time; breeding time; advantage ... See more keywords
Fluctuating selection driven by global and local climatic conditions leads to stasis in breeding time in a migratory bird
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DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13916
Abstract: The origin of natural selection is linked to environmental heterogeneity, which influences variation in relative fitness among phenotypes. However, individuals in wild populations are exposed to a plethora of biotic and abiotic environmental factors. Surprisingly,… read more here.
Keywords: laying date; breeding time; selection;