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Climate change drives microevolution in a wild bird

To ensure long-term persistence, organisms must adapt to climate change, but an evolutionary response to a quantified selection pressure driven by climate change has not been empirically demonstrated in a wild population. Here, we show that pheomelanin-based plumage colouration in tawny owls is a hi...

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Autores principales: Karell, Patrik, Ahola, Kari, Karstinen, Teuvo, Valkama, Jari, Brommer, Jon E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3105316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21343926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1213