No support for a genetic basis of mandible crossing direction in crossbills (Loxia spp.)

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1123-1129

  Edelaar, Pim ^a,b,f   Postma, Erik ^c   Knops, Peter ^d   Phillips, Ron ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d Yetholm ^*  (Netherlands)

^e Yetholm   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Animal model; Crossbill; Heritability; Loxia; Mandible crossing direction

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LOXIA;

EID: 28744441580     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1123:NSFAGB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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