Body size declines despite positive directional selection on heritable size traits in a barnacle goose population

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1169-1184

  Larsson, Kjell ^a   Van Der Jeugd, Henk P ^a   Van Der Veen, Ineke T ^a,b   Forslund, Par ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barnacle goose; Body size; Branta leucopsis; Food quality; Reproductive success; Selection; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HERITABILITY; WATERFOWL;

SWEDEN;

BRANTA LEUCOPSIS;

EID: 0031671844     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01843.x     Document Type: Article

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