Rapid evolution of quantitative traits: Theoretical perspectives

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-191

  Kopp, Michael ^a   Matuszewski, Sebastian ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Habitat degradation; Natural selection and contemporary evolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Population dynamics; Population genetics; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891906650     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12127     Document Type: Article

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