Colonisation of urban environments is associated with reduced migratory behaviour, facilitating divergence from ancestral populations

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-640

  Evans, Karl L ^a   Newton, Jason ^d   Gaston, Kevin J ^a,b   Sharp, Stuart P ^a,c   McGowan, Andrew ^a,b   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; FEATHER; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; RURAL AREA; SPECIALIST; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 84858338638     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19722.x     Document Type: Article

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