Heritability of resting metabolic rate in a wild population of blue tits

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1867-1874

  Nilsson, J A ^a   Akesson M ^a   Nilsson, J F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variation; Animal model; Brood effect; Brood size manipulation; Cross fostering; Cyanistes caeruleus; Genetic correlation; Phenotypic correlation; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 69249245449     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01798.x     Document Type: Article

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