Stabilising selection on wing length in reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Hall, K Susanna S ^a   Ryttman, Hans ^a   Fransson, Thord ^b   Stolt, Bengt Olov ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1442266751     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03220.x     Document Type: Article

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