Spatial Differentiation Of A Bird Metapopulation: Quantifying Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics In Space
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 1/1/2018
- End date
- 12/31/2021
- Budget
- 1,188,057 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRIMEDBIO - Independent projects - Medicine, Health Sciences and Biology | Grant | - | - | 1,188,057 EUR |
Abstract
In 2020 we published one of the most important contributions from this project: general theory for the evolution of characters in a fluctuating environment. This theoretical foundation enables us to estimate the rate of phenotypic responses to changes in the environment, e.g. due to expected changes in climate, while simultaneously accounting for the effects of density dependence. Thus, this model provides a general framework for predicting how fast new adaptations can develop. Several statistical methods have also been developed to estimate the parameters in these models. In the last stage of this project this has provided a new understanding of factors generating spatial differentiation in morphology and life history among populations of house sparrows at the coast off Helgeland in northern Norway. between ecological and evolutionary biological processes.