Philopatry, morphological divergence, and kin groups: Structuring in thick-billed murres Uria lomvia within a colony in Arctic Canada

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-150

  Ibarguchi, Gabriela ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Friesen, Vicki L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; AUTOCORRELATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; SAMPLING; SEABIRD;

CANADA; COATS ISLAND; NORWAY; NUNAVUT;

ALCIDAE; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 79955492371     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05023.x     Document Type: Article

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