Testing for microevolution in body size in three blue tit populations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 732-743

  Charmantier, A ^a,b,c   Kruuk, L E B ^b   Blondel, J ^a   Lambrechts, M M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Body mass; Habitat quality; Natural selection; Parus caeruleus; Tarsus length

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PASSERINE; SELECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SONGBIRD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SONGBIRDS; TARSUS, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 2942757278     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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