Temporal stability and microgeographic homogeneity of heritability estimates in a natural bird population

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-204

  Merila J ^a   Gustafsson, L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEEL; HERITABILITY; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0029956948     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a022985     Document Type: Article

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