The role of phenotypic plasticity in responses of hunted thinhorn sheep ram horn growth to changing climate conditions

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 783-790

  Loehr, J ^a   Carey, J ^b   O'hara, R B ^a,d   Hik, D S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Yukon Department of Environment   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Horn; Hunting; Ovis dalli; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HORN; HUNTING; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SHEEP; VOLUME; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HORNS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI;

EID: 77952512739     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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