Cross-fostering reveals seasonal changes in the relative fitness of two competing species of flycatchers

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-71

  Qvarnström, Anna ^a   Svedin, Nina ^a   Wiley, Chris ^a   Veen, Thor ^b   Gustafsson, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Environmental heterogeneity; Interspecific competition; Life history; Niche differentiation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FITNESS; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 27444437448     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0265     Document Type: Article

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