The role of selection and evolution in changing parturition date in a red deer population.

Changing environmental conditions cause changes in the distributions of phenotypic traits in natural populations. However, determining the mechanisms responsible for these changes-and, in particular, the relative contributions of phenotypic plasticity versus evolutionary responses-is difficult. To o...

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Main Authors: Timothée Bonnet, Michael B Morrissey, Alison Morris, Sean Morris, Tim H Clutton-Brock, Josephine M Pemberton, Loeske E B Kruuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000493