Natural selection and inheritance of breeding time and clutch size in the collared flycatcher

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 406-420

  Sheldon, B C ^a,b   Kruuk, L E B ^c   Merila J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Genetic variance; Long term study; Microevolution; Natural population; Phenotypic variance

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; PASSERI;

EID: 0037295705     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00274.x     Document Type: Article

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