Lifetime reproductive success in relation to morphology in the house sparrow Passer domesticus

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-611

  Jensen, Henrik ^a,b   Sæether, Bernt Erik ^a   Ringsby, Thor Harald ^a   Tufto, Jarle ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^b,c   Ellegren, Hans ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; Lifespan; Morphology; Passer domesticus; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142759639     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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