Strong evidence for selection for larger brood size in a great tit population

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-533

  Tinbergen, Joost M ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood size; Clutch size; Fitness; Local adaptation; Manipulation; Parus major

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PASSERINE; SELECTION;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 3042739825     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh045     Document Type: Article

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