Parasitism reduces the potential for evolution in a wild bird population

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 203-206

  Charmantier, Anne ^a   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^b   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Common brood environment effect; Genotype environment interaction; Parus caeruleus; Protocalliphora; Tarsus length

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH; HERITABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERI; PROTOCALLIPHORA;

EID: 1642364278     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01588.x     Document Type: Article

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