Causes of lifetime fitness of Darwin's finches in a fluctuating environment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 674-679

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Extrapair offspring; Heterozygosity; Opportunistic breeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCH; FLEDGLING; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; GEOSPIZA SCANDENS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; DAPHNE; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS;

EID: 79551677112     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018080108     Document Type: Article

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