Rapid changes in phenotype distribution during range expansion in a migratory bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1727, 2012, Pages 411-416

  Gunnarsson, Tómas Grétar ^a,b,c   Sutherland, William J ^b   Alves, José A ^a   Potts, Peter M ^d   Gill, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Chilling Lane ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black tailed godwits; Habitat quality; Morphology; Phenotype; Sexual selection; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE EXPANSION; SEXUAL SELECTION; WADER;

ICELAND;

EID: 82955229515     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0939     Document Type: Article

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