Evolutionary Response to Rapid Climate Change

@article{Bradshaw2006EvolutionaryRT,
  title={Evolutionary Response to Rapid Climate Change},
  author={William Bradshaw and Christina M. Holzapfel},
  journal={Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={312},
  pages={1477 - 1478}
}
Recent, rapid climate change is driving evolution, as organisms adapt to altered seasonal events rather than to the direct effects of increasing temperature. 
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