The geographic selection mosaic for ponderosa pine and crossbills: A tale of two squirrels

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 348-360

  Parchman, Thomas L ^a,b   Benkman, Craig W ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Loxia curvirostra; Phenotypic selection; Pinus ponderosa; Sciurus; Seed predation; Selection mosaic; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINE; POPULATION GENETICS; SCIURIDAE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCIURIDAE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CONIFEROPHYTA; LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS ABERTI; SCIURUS GRISEUS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 39749148427     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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