Between-year variation in breeding conditions biases heritability estimates for body size in birds

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Hõrak, Peeter ^a   Tammaru, Toomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

body size; environmental variation; heritability; Parus major; simulation models

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

BODY SIZE; GREAT TIT; HERITABILITY;

EID: 0030299206     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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