Fitness consequences of hybridization between house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and tree sparrows (P. montanus)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 504-506

  Solberg, Erling Johan ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^b   Ringsby, Thor Harald ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Extra pair fertilizations; Hybrids; Passer domesticus; Passer montanus

Indexed keywords

DNA; FEEDING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENE TRANSFER; HYBRIDIZATION; NESTLING; SONGBIRD;

PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER MONTANUS;

EID: 33747887724     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0033-5     Document Type: Article

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