Melanin coloration has temperature-dependent effects on breeding performance that may maintain phenotypic variation in a passerine bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2385-2396

  Sirkia P M ^a   Virolainen, M ^b   Laaksonen, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Långstrandintie ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birds; Global warming; Melanism; Phenotype environment interaction; Sexual selection; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROGENEITY; MELANIN; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; FINLAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANINS; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77958572975     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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