The geographic selection mosaic for squirrels, crossbills and Aleppo pine

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 348-357

  Mezquida, E T ^a,b   Benkman, C W ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Divergent selection; Geographic mosaic; Loxia curvirostra; Pinus halepensis; Sciurus vulgaris; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COEVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT SEED; SCIURIDAE; SONGBIRD; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BEAK; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; PASSERIFORMES; PINUS; SCIURIDAE; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPAIN;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 14844347457     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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