Low heritability in morphological characters of Tengmalm's owls: The role of cyclic food and laying date?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-219

  Hakkarainen, Harri ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Ryssy, Jussi ^b   Vikström, Sten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

3 4 year vole cycle; Body size; Clutch size; Heritability; Owl

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; TENGMALM'S OWL;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS;

EID: 0029661391     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01241785     Document Type: Article

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