Estimating the genetic basis of quantitative traits can be tricky for wild populations in natural
environments, as environmental variation frequently obscures the underlying evolutionary …

Selection is a central process in nature. Although our understanding of the strength and form
of selection has increased, a general understanding of the temporal dynamics of selection in …

Human harvest of phenotypically desirable animals from wild populations imposes selection
that can reduce the frequencies of those desirable phenotypes. Hunting and fishing contrast …

Although mothers influence the traits of their offspring in many ways beyond the
transmission of genes, it remains unclear how important such 'maternal effects' are to …

Marked impacts of climate change on biodiversity have frequently been demonstrated,
including temperature-related shifts in phenology and life-history traits. One potential major …

The rate of adaptive evolution, the contribution of selection to genetic changes that increase
mean fitness, is determined by the additive genetic variance in individual relative fitness. To …

Environmental change has been observed to generate simultaneous responses in
population dynamics, life history, gene frequencies, and morphology in a number of species …

Phenotypic plasticity and microevolution are the two primary means by which organisms
respond adaptively to local conditions. While these mechanisms are not mutually exclusive …

Climate change is known to affect ecosystems globally, but our knowledge of its impact on
large and widespread mammals, and possibly population-specific responses is still sparse …

The environment experienced early in life often affects the traits that are developed after an
individual has transitioned into new life stages and environments. Because the phenotypes …