Local adaptation and matching habitat choice in female barn owls with respect to melanic coloration

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-114

  Dreiss, A N ^a   Antoniazza, S ^a   Burri, R ^a   Fumagalli, L ^a   Sonnay, C ^a   Frey, C ^a   Goudet, J ^a   Roulin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Dispersal; Local adaptation; Matching habitat choice; Melanin; Natural selection; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ARABLE LAND; COLOR; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MELANIN; NATURAL SELECTION; NESTLING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NESTING; OWL; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MELANINS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; STRIGIFORMES; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 83555176316     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02407.x     Document Type: Article

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