Heritability of the timing of autumn migration in a natural bird population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1470, 2001, Pages 953-959

  Pulido, Francisco ^a   Berthold, Peter ^a   Mohr, Gabriele ^a   Querner, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Climate change; Genetic variation; Selection response; Zugunruhe

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; HERITABILITY; MIGRATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 0035820933     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1602     Document Type: Article

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