Consequences of dispersal for the quantitative study of adaptation in small-scale plots: a case study of an avian island population

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Lambrechts, M.M., Visser, M.E., Verboven, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Avian Island
• Online Access: https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/c6f9cc50-7943-4055-b7ac-a094c611eeef; https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0587.2000.230502.x; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11755/c6f9cc50-7943-4055-b7ac-a094c611eeef

Lifetime recruitment of breeding offspring estimated in small- scale study plots (i.e local recruitment) is considered to be the best available ecological measure of contributions to following generations, and sufficient for the quantitative study of adaptation in natural populations. Recent investi...