Genetic variation in cue sensitivity involved in avian timing of reproduction

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 868-877

  Visser, Marcel E ^a   Schaper, Sonja V ^a   Holleman, Leonard J M ^a   Dawson, Alistair ^b   Sharp, Peter ^c   Gienapp, Phillip ^d   Caro, Samuel P ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Genetic variation; Great tit; Hormones; Parus major; Seasonal breeding; Temperature; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HORMONE; LAYING DATE; MOLT; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 79959820303     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01844.x     Document Type: Article

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