Contrasting patterns of phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits in two great tit (Parus major) populations

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2221-2237

  Husby, Arild ^a,b   Nussey, Dan H ^a   Visser, Marcel E ^c   Wilson, Alastair J ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^d   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Climate change; Genotype environment interaction; Heritability; Multivariate; Phenotypic plasticity; Random regression

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77955233527     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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