Differences in the timing of reproduction between urban and forest European blackbirds (Turdus merula): Result of phenotypic flexibility or genetic differences?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1552, 2004, Pages 1995-2001

  Partecke, Jesko ^a,b   Van't Hof, Thomas ^a,c   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gonadal cycles; Life history trait; Luteinizing hormone; Microevolution; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN BLACKBIRD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOREST; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GERMANY; OVARY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TESTIS; TREE;

TURDUS MERULA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TESTIS; TREES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 7944225857     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2821     Document Type: Article

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