Phenotypic evolution of dispersal-enhancing traits in insular voles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1703, 2011, Pages 225-232

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Merilä, Juha ^b   Ebenhard, Torbjörn ^c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Swedish Biodiversity Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dispersal; Evolution; Island populations; Microtus agrestis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; METAPOPULATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RECOLONIZATION; RODENT; SUBPOPULATION;

STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

MICROTUS ABBREVIATUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 78650481091     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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