Environmental and genetic variation in the haematocrit of fledgling pied flycatchers Ficedula bypoleuca

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Potti, Jaime ^a   Moreno, Juan ^b   Merino, Santiago ^a,c   Frías, Oscar ^a   Rodríguez, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Blood; Cross fostering experiment; Heritability; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMATOCRIT; NESTLING; PASSERINE;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0032861184     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050826     Document Type: Article

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