Concepts
3 concepts
hypothesis
Microclimate Selection Hypothesis
Females should choose nesting sites that best protect them and their offspring from severe or unpredictable weather events, such as extreme temperatures or high wind
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conditional neutrality
An individual locus shows strong adaptive fitness effects in one habitat, but little or no cost in other habitats
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cue similarity
The degree to which novel resources resemble historical resources in their chemical or physical cues