Evolution driven by differential dispersal within a wild bird population

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7021, 2005, Pages 60-65

  Garant, Dany ^a   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^b   Wilkin, Teddy A ^a   McCleery, Robin H ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EVOLUTIONARY DIFFERENTIATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; WILD BIRDS;

ECOLOGY;

BIRD; BODY MASS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOREST; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILDLIFE;

AGING; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 11944257192     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03051     Document Type: Article

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