Local specialization and maladaptation in the Mediterranean blue tit (Parus caeruleus)

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-86

  Dias, Paula C ^a   Blondel, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat selection; Maladaptation; Source sink

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARUS CAERULEUS;

BLUE TIT; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; IDEAL DESPOTIC DISTRIBUTION; METAPOPULATION;

FRANCE, CORSICA;

EID: 0029661716     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00582237     Document Type: Article

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