Phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of a socially selected trait following colonization of a novel environment

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Price, Trevor D ^a   Yeh, Pamela J ^b   Harr, Bettina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dark eyed junco; Microsatellites; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Plumage patterns; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; JUNCO (AVES); JUNCO HYEMALIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; OVIPARITY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OVIPARITY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 49849085144     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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