• Density-dependent selection and the maintenance of colour polymorphism in barn owls 

      Kvalnes, Thomas; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Engen, Steinar; Roulin, Alexandre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The capacity of natural selection to generate adaptive changes is (according to the fundamental theorem of natural selection) proportional to the additive genetic variance in fitness. In spite of its importance for development ...
    • Eyes on the future: buffering increased costs of incubation by abandoning offspring 

      Hanssen, Sveinn Are; Erikstad, Kjell E.; Sandvik, Hanno; Tveraa, Torkild; Bustnes, Jan Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Life history theory states that the resources invested in current reproduction must be traded off against resources needed for survival and future reproduction. Long-lived organisms have a higher residual reproductive value ...