Artificial selection, naturalization, and fitness: Darwin's pigeons revisited

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-665

  Sol, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Columba livia; Food competition; Foraging strategy; Habitat use; Survival fitness; Terrestrial locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FITNESS; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; LOCOMOTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NATURALIZATION; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 40749141989     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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