Does urbanization affect selective pressures and life-history strategies in the common blackbird (Turdus merula L.)?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 759-766

  Ibáñez Álamo, Juan Diego ^a,b   Soler, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food limitation; Life history syndromes; Nest predation; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

FOOD LIMITATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; RURAL AREA; STARVATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 78649424102     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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