Non-random fitness variation in two populations of Darwin's finches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1439, 2000, Pages 131-138

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwin's finches; Fledglings; Galapagos; Heritability; Longevity; Recruits

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; LONGEVITY; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; CACTACEAE; DAPHNE; DARWINIA; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; GEOSPIZA SCANDENS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0034700878     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0977     Document Type: Article

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