Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1515, 2003, Pages 591-596

  Réale, Denis ^a   McAdam, Andrew G ^b   Boutin, Stan ^b   Berteaux, Dominique ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding values; Evolution; Life history traits; Phenotypic plasticity; Selection; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SQUIRREL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0242585439     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2224     Document Type: Article

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