Stability of genetic variance and covariance for reproductive characters in the face of climate change in a wild bird population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-188

  Garant, Dany ^a   Hadfield, Jarrod D ^b   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^b   Sheldon, Ben C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Climate change; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Parus major; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 37349062479     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03436.x     Document Type: Article

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