An Approach to Distinguish between Plasticity and Non-random Distributions of Behavioral Types Along Urban Gradients in a Wild Passerine Bird

The impact of urbanization has been widely studied in the context of species diversity and life history evolution. Behavioral adaptation, by contrast, remains poorly understood because empirical studies rarely investigate the relative importance of two key mechanisms: plastic responses vs. non-rando...

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Main Authors: Philipp Sprau, Niels J. Dingemanse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00092/full