The colour of fitness: Plumage coloration and lifetime reproductive success in the tawny owl

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1566, 2005, Pages 935-940

  Brommer, Jon E ^a   Ahola, Kari ^b   Karstinen, Teuvo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fitness; Mating system; Natural selection; Phenotypic polymorphism; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; NATURAL SELECTION; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENETIC TRAIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OWL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 21844477079     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3052     Document Type: Article

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