ReviewEvolutionary applications2016
Mediterranean blue tits as a case study of local adaptation.
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- The interactive effect of ambient temperature and brood size manipulation on nestling body mass in blue tits: an exploratory analysis of a long-term study.Frontiers in zoology · 2022Article
- Genetic structure of urban and non-urban populations differs between two common parid species.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Bacterial microbiota similarity between predators and prey in a blue tit trophic network.The ISME journal · 2021Article
- Demographic history and genomics of local adaptation in blue tit populations.Evolutionary applications · 2020Article
- Natural and human-induced environmental changes and their effects on adaptive potential of wild animal populations.Evolutionary applications · 2020Article
- Strong phenotypic divergence in spite of low genetic structure in the endemic Mangrove Warbler subspecies (Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
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- Phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change: the importance of cue variation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Guidelines for planning genomic assessment and monitoring of locally adaptive variation to inform species conservation.Evolutionary applications · 2018Review
- Great tits and the city: Distribution of genomic diversity and gene-environment associations along an urbanization gradient.Evolutionary applications · 2018Article
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Abstract
While the study of the origins of biological diversity across species has provided numerous examples of adaptive divergence, the realization that it can occur at microgeographic scales despite gene flow is recent, and scarcely illustrated. We review here evidence suggesting that the striking phenotypic differentiation in ecologically relevant traits exhibited by blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus in their southern range-edge putatively reflects adaptation to the heterogeneity of the Mediterranean habitats. We first summarize the phenotypic divergence for a series of life history, morphological, behavioural, acoustic and colour ornament traits in blue tit populations of evergreen and deciduous forests. For each divergent trait, we review the evidence obtained from common garden experiments regarding a possible genetic origin of the observed phenotypic differentiation as well as evidence for heterogeneous selection. Second, we argue that most phenotypically differentiated traits display heritable variation, a fundamental requirement for evolution to occur. Third, we discuss nonrandom dispersal, selective barriers and assortative mating as processes that could reinforce local adaptation. Finally, we show how population genomics supports isolation - by - environment across landscapes. Overall, the combination of approaches converges to the conclusion that the strong phenotypic differentiation observed in Mediterranean blue tits is a fascinating case of local adaptation.
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