Fecundity selection on ornamental plumage colour differs between ages and sexes and varies over small spatial scales

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1584-1597

  Parker, T H ^a   Wilkin, T A ^a   Barr, I R ^b,c   Sheldon, B C ^a   Rowe, L ^a   Griffith, S C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Canonical rotation; Clutch size; Cyanistes caeruleus; Selection gradient; Thiessen polygon; Wytham Wood

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUTCH SIZE; COLOR; DATA SET; FECUNDITY; HETEROGENEITY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PLUMAGE; POLYGON; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

AGING; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; QUERCUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 79959371346     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02289.x     Document Type: Article

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