ArticleIntegrative organismal biology (Oxford, England)2020
Metabolic Flexibility in Response to Within-Season Temperature Variability in House Sparrows.
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- Ecophysiology of an Avian Invader: Body Condition and Metabolic Rate Adjustments to Ambient Temperature.Integrative zoology · 2026Article
- A comparison of seasonal flexibility in pectoralis muscle fiber type and enzyme activity in migratory and resident sparrow species.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- Migratory lifestyle carries no added overall energy cost in a partial migratory songbird.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Article
- Genomic Variation, Population History, and Long-Term Genetic Adaptation to High Altitudes in Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae).Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
- Evidence for a maintenance cost for birds maintaining highly flexible basal, but not summit, metabolic rates.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
The climatic variability hypothesis (CVH) posits that more flexible phenotypes should provide a fitness advantage for organisms experiencing more variable climates. While typically applied across geographically separated populations, whether this principle applies across seasons or other conditions (e.g., open vs. sheltered habitats) which differ in climatic variability remains essentially unstudied. In north-temperate climates, climatic variability in winter usually exceeds that in summer, so extending the CVH to within-population seasonal variation predicts that winter phenotypes should be more flexible than summer phenotypes. We tested this prediction of the within-season extension of the CVH by acclimating summer and winter-collected house sparrows (
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