Selection-based biodiversity at a small spatial scale in a low- dispersing insular bird

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5432, 1999, Pages 1399-1402

  Blondel, Jacques ^a   Dias, Paula C ^a   Perret, Philippe ^a   Maistre, Marie ^a   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FRANCE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033610080     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5432.1399     Document Type: Article

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36. We thank T. Clutton-Brock, C. Ferry, P. R. Grant, J. F. Guégan, P. Jame, C. M. Lessells, Y. B. Linhart, A. P. Møller, I. Olivieri, C. M. Perrins, M. Raymond, R. E. Ricklefs, D. Schluter, M. Singer, J. Thompson, and three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript; and M. C. Anstett for assistance in statistical analysis. Supported by the Bureau des Ressources Génétiques (grant A00680-SRAE97117).