Assessing the heritability of body condition in birds: A challenge exemplified by the great tit Parus major L. (Aves)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-117

  Gosler, G ^a   Harper, D G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fat; Inheritance; Maternal effects; Muscle; Wytham

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY CONDITION; HERITABILITY; PASSERINE;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0033828727     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0432     Document Type: Article

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