Processes of life-history adaptation to spatio-seasonal environmental changes

This seminar will unpack how adaptation to shifting environmental variability is shaped by the interplay of selection, plasticity, and evolution in key traits that drive spatio-seasonal population dynamics. Drawing on analyses of long‑term data from partially migratory European shags facing extreme climatic events, I will weave together conceptual, empirical, and modelling advances. Throughout, I will highlight the pivotal role of non-linear constraints on the expression of genetic and environmental variation that arise from the discrete nature of life‑history events.