Growing in the city: Urban evolutionary ecology of avian growth rates.
Michela CorsiniEva Maria SchöllIrene Di LecceMarion ChatelainAnna DubiecMarta SzulkinPublished in: Evolutionary applications (2020)
This study confirms the considerable negative impact of imperviousness-a proxy for urbanization level-on offspring development, body mass and survival, and highlights increased selection on avian mass at hatching in a high ISA environment.