Wing pointedness associated with migratory distance in common-garden and comparative studies of stonechats (Saxicola torquata)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1050-1063

  Baldwin, M W ^a,b   Winkler, H ^c   Organ, C L ^b   Helm, B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Common garden; Comparative methods; Ecomorphology; Kipp's distance; Migration; Pointedness; Stonechat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GARDEN; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; RESOURCE USE; WILD POPULATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EVOLUTION; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WING; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

AVES; SAXICOLA TORQUATA;

EID: 77955165453     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01975.x     Document Type: Article

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