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In this study, a cross-fostering experiment was conducted between an oakwood and an adjacent conifer plantation to investigate the role of early experience and genetic background in habitat selection in a pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) population.

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The matching habitat choice hypothesis holds that individuals with different phenotypes select the habitats to which they are best adapted to maximize fitness. Despite the potential implications of matching habitat choice for many ecological and evolutionary processes, very few studies have tested its predictions. Here, a 26-year dataset on a spatially structured population of pied flycatchers is used to test whether phenotype-dependent dispersal and habitat selection translate into increased...