Environmental and genetic determinants of reproduction in the house sparrow: A transplant experiment

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 979-991

  Krogstad, S ^a   Saether B E ^b   Solberg, E J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental plasticity; House sparrow; Introductions; Reproductive strategies; Selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOUSE SPARROW; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRANSPLANT EXPERIMENT;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030301047     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9060979.x     Document Type: Article

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