Abstract. The capacity for birds to adjust their breeding time to variation in spring temperature via plasticity is crucial for insectivorous passerines in

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Phenotypic plasticity is the key adaptive mechanism behind annual adjustment of breeding time in response to temperature. In nature, organisms are not only subjected to variation in temperature but e....