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Competition-driven build-up of habitat isolation and selection favoring modified dispersal patterns in a young avian hybrid zone by Rybinski, Jakub, Sirkiä, Päivi M., McFarlane, S. Eryn, Vallin, Niclas, Wheatcroft, David, Ålund, Murielle, Qvarnström, Anna

“…Competition-driven evolution of habitat isolation is an important mechanism of ecological speciation but empirical support for this process is often indirect…”
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Adaptive coloration in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)—The devil is in the detail by Sirkiä, Päivi M., Qvarnström, Anna

“…Understanding the origin and persistence of phenotypic variation within and among populations is a major goal in evolutionary biology. However, the eagerness…”
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Tracking Progress Toward EU Biodiversity Strategy Targets: EU Policy Effects in Preserving its Common Farmland Birds by Gamero, Anna, Brotons, Lluís, Brunner, Ariel, Foppen, Ruud, Fornasari, Lorenzo, Gregory, Richard D., Herrando, Sergi, Hořák, David, Jiguet, Frédéric, Kmecl, Primož, Lehikoinen, Aleksi, Lindström, Åke, Paquet, Jean‐Yves, Reif, Jiří, Sirkiä, Päivi M., Škorpilová, Jana, Strien, Arco, Szép, Tibor, Telenský, Tomáš, Teufelbauer, Norbert, Trautmann, Sven, Turnhout, Chris A.M., Vermouzek, Zdeněk, Vikstrøm, Thomas, Voříšek, Petr

“…Maximizing the area under biodiversity‐related conservation measures is a main target of the European Union (EU) Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. We analyzed…”
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Wintering bird communities are tracking climate change faster than breeding communities by Lehikoinen, Aleksi, Lindström, Åke, Santangeli, Andrea, Sirkiä, Päivi M., Brotons, Lluís, Devictor, Vincent, Elts, Jaanus, Foppen, Ruud P. B., Heldbjerg, Henning, Herrando, Sergi, Herremans, Marc, Hudson, Marie‐Anne R., Jiguet, Frédéric, Johnston, Alison, Lorrilliere, Romain, Marjakangas, Emma‐Liina, Michel, Nicole L., Moshøj, Charlotte M., Nellis, Renno, Paquet, Jean‐Yves, Smith, Adam C., Szép, Tibor, Turnhout, Chris

“…Global climate change is driving species' distributions towards the poles and mountain tops during both non‐breeding and breeding seasons, leading to changes…”
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Hybrid Dysfunction Expressed as Elevated Metabolic Rate in Male Ficedula Flycatchers by McFarlane, S Eryn, Sirkiä, Päivi M, Ålund, Murielle, Qvarnström, Anna

“…Studies of ecological speciation are often biased towards extrinsic sources of selection against hybrids, resulting from intermediate hybrid morphology, but…”
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Climate-driven build-up of temporal isolation within a recently formed avian hybrid zone by Sirkiä, Päivi M., McFarlane, S. Eryn, Jones, William, Wheatcroft, David, Ålund, Murielle, Rybinski, Jakub, Qvarnström, Anna

“…Divergence in the onset of reproduction can act as an important source of reproductive isolation (i.e., allochronic isolation) between co-occurring young…”
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Differences in incubation behaviour and niche separation of two competing flycatcher species by Koski, Tuuli-Marjaana, Sirkiä, Päivi M., McFarlane, S. Eryn, Ålund, Murielle, Qvarnström, Anna

“…Food availability sets the stage for incubation behaviour of a female bird and thereby indirectly determines the nest temperature, which in turn affects…”
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Population responses of bird populations to climate change on two continents vary with species’ ecological traits but not with direction of change in climate suitability by Mason, Lucy R., Green, Rhys E., Howard, Christine, Stephens, Philip A., Willis, Stephen G., Aunins, Ainars, Brotons, Lluís, Chodkiewicz, Tomasz, Chylarecki, Przemysław, Escandell, Virginia, Foppen, Ruud P. B., Herrando, Sergi, Husby, Magne, Jiguet, Frédéric, Kålås, John Atle, Lindström, Åke, Massimino, Dario, Moshøj, Charlotte, Nellis, Renno, Paquet, Jean-Yves, Reif, Jiří, Sirkiä, Päivi M., Szép, Tibor, Florenzano, Guido Tellini, Teufelbauer, Norbert, Trautmann, Sven, van Strien, Arco, van Turnhout, Chris A. M., Voříšek, Petr, Gregory, Richard D.

“…Climate change is a major global threat to biodiversity with widespread impacts on ecological communities. Evidence for beneficial impacts on populations is…”
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Fluctuating selection and immigration as determinants of the phenotypic composition of a population by Sirkiä, Päivi M., Virolainen, M., Lehikoinen, E., Laaksonen, T.

“…It is important to identify the factors that affect the evolutionary potential of populations to respond to environmental changes. Such processes are for…”
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Difference in plasticity of resting metabolic rate – the proximate explanation to different niche breadth in sympatric Ficedula flycatchers by McFarlane, S. Eryn, Ålund, Murielle, Sirkiä, Päivi M., Qvarnström, Anna

“…Variation in relative fitness of competing recently formed species across heterogeneous environments promotes coexistence. However, the physiological traits…”
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Correction: Hybrid Dysfunction Expressed as Elevated Metabolic Rate in Male Ficedula Flycatchers by McFarlane, S Eryn, Sirkiä, Päivi M, Ålund, Murielle, Qvarnström, Anna

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161547.]…”
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Climate adaptation and speciation: particular focus on reproductive barriers in Ficedula flycatchers by Qvarnström, Anna, Ålund, Murielle, McFarlane, S. Eryn, Sirkiä, Päivi M.

“…Climate adaptation is surprisingly rarely reported as a cause for the build‐up of reproductive isolation between diverging populations. In this review, we…”
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Species and abundance of ectoparasitic flies (Diptera) in pied flycatcher nests in Fennoscandia by Eeva, Tapio, Andersson, Tommi, Berglund, Åsa M M, Brommer, Jon E, Hyvönen, Raimo, Klemola, Tero, Laaksonen, Toni, Loukola, Olli, Morosinotto, Chiara, Rainio, Kalle, Sirkiä, Päivi M, Vesterinen, Eero J

“…Birds host several ectoparasitic fly species with negative effects on nestling health and reproductive output, and with the capability of transmitting avian…”
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Effects of Insect Herbivory on Bilberry Production and Removal of Berries by Frugivores by Koski, Tuuli-Marjaana, Kalpio, Marika, Laaksonen, Toni, Sirkiä, Päivi M., Kallio, Heikki P., Yang, Baoru, Linderborg, Kaisa M., Klemola, Tero

“…The evolutionary purpose of a fleshy fruit is to attract seed dispersers and get the seeds dispersed by frugivorous animals. For this reason, fruits should be…”
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Natural selection for earlier male arrival to breeding grounds through direct and indirect effects in a migratory songbird by Velmala, William, Helle, Samuli, Ahola, Markus P., Klaassen, Marcel, Lehikoinen, Esa, Rainio, Kalle, Sirkiä, Päivi M., Laaksonen, Toni

“…For migratory birds, the earlier arrival of males to breeding grounds is often expected to have fitness benefits. However, the selection differential on male…”
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Temporal peaks in social information: prospectors investigate conspecific nests after a simulated predator visit by Thomson, Robert L., Sirkiä, Päivi M., Villers, Alexandre, Laaksonen, Toni

“…Individuals of many taxa gather social information in order to make informed decisions with lowered unpredictability. Social information may show temporal…”
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Fecundity selection does not vary along a large geographical cline of trait means in a passerine bird by Sirkiä, Päivi M, Adamík, Peter, Artemyev, Alexandr V, Belskii, Eugen, Both, Christiaan, Bureš, Stanislav, Burgess, Malcolm, Bushuev, Andrey V, Forsman, Jukka T, Grinkov, Vladimir, Hoffmann, Dieter, Järvinen, Antero, Král, Miroslav, Krams, Indrikis, Lampe, Helene M, Moreno, Juan, Mägi, Marko, Nord, Andreas, Potti, Jaime, Ravussin, Pierre‐Alain, Sokolov, Leonid, Laaksonen, Toni

“…Local environmental and ecological conditions are commonly expected to result in local adaptation, although there are few examples of variation in phenotypic…”
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Declining population trends of European mountain birds by Lehikoinen, Aleksi, Brotons, Lluís, Calladine, John, Campedelli, Tommaso, Escandell, Virginia, Flousek, Jiri, Grueneberg, Christoph, Haas, Fredrik, Harris, Sarah, Herrando, Sergi, Husby, Magne, Jiguet, Frederic, Kålås, John Atle, Lindström, Åke, Lorrillière, Romain, Molina, Blas, Pladevall, Clara, Calvi, Gianpiero, Sattler, Thomas, Schmid, Hans, Sirkiä, Päivi M., Teufelbauer, Norbert, Trautmann, Sven

“…Mountain areas often hold special species communities, and they are high on the list of conservation concern. Global warming and changes in human land use,…”
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An experimental test of whether pied flycatchers choose the best territory for rearing the young by Mäntylä, Elina, sirkiä, Päivi M., Klemola, Tero, Laaksonen, Toni

“…Abstract It is often assumed that birds are able to choose a breeding territory that will later on have the most food for nestlings. Studies on this essential…”
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Geographic patterns of genetic differentiation and plumage colour variation are different in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) by Lehtonen, Paula K, Laaksonen, Toni, Artemyev, Aleksandr V, Belskii, Eugen, Both, Christiaan, Bures, Stanislav, Bushuev, Andrey V, Krams, Indrikis, Moreno, Juan, Magi, Marko, Nord, Andreas, Potti, Jaime, Ravussin, Pierre-Alain, Sirkia, Paivi M, Saetre, Glenn-Peter, Primmer, Craig R

“…The pied flycatcher is one of the most phenotypically variable bird species in Europe. The geographic variation in phenotypes has often been attributed to…”
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