Adaptive inter-population differences in blue tit life-history traits on Corsica

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 599-612

  Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a   Blondel, Jacques ^a   Hurtrez Bousses, Sylvie ^a   Maistre, Marie ^a   Perret, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Life history traits; Parus caeruleus

Indexed keywords

BLUE TIT; FITNESS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY;

CORSICA; FRANCE;

PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 0030854293     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-997-1515-0     Document Type: Article

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