Rapid climate change has been implicated as a cause of evolution in poorly adapted populations.
However, phenotypic plasticity provides the potential for organisms to respond rapidly …

There are multiple observations around the globe showing that in many avian species, both
the timing of migration and breeding have advanced, due to warmer springs. Here, we …

Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and
regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between …

The most commonly reported ecological effects of climate change are shifts in phenologies,
in particular of warmer spring temperatures leading to earlier timing of key events 1 , 2 . …

An essential requirement to determine a population's potential for evolutionary change is to
quantify the amount of genetic variability expressed for traits under selection. Early …

Many biologists are calling for an 'extended evolutionary synthesis' that would 'modernize
the modern synthesis' of evolution. Biological information is typically considered as being …

Comparative analyses of survival senescence by using life tables have identified generalizations
including the observation that mammals senesce faster than similar‐sized birds. These …

1. Research on senescence has largely focused on its underlying causes, and is concentrated
on humans and relatively few model organisms in laboratory conditions. To understand …

The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with
few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ …

Phenotypic plasticity is a major mechanism of response to global change. However, current
plastic responses will only remain adaptive under future conditions if informative …