Comparison of the responses of two Great Lakes lineages of Peromyscus leucopus to climate change

• Published in: Journal of mammalogy Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 354 - 364
• Main Authors: Baumgartner, Joseph M., Hoffman, Susan M. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 24.04.2019; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: cranium; Feature Articles; geometric morphometrics; mandible; microsatellites; Peromyscus; population genetics

Animal populations can react to climate change by adapting to selection pressures, dispersing to new habitats, or undergoing plastic development at the individual level. These processes interact to form a net response, but it is difficult to determine the relative contributions of each process. In c...