Similar patterns of local barn owl adaptation in the Middle East and Europe with respect to melanic coloration

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 447-454

  Charter, Motti ^a,c   Peleg, Ori ^a   Leshem, Yossi ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Colour polymorphism; Foraging; Melanin; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOPATRY; COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MELANIN; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

MURIDAE; MUS; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 84859891053     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01863.x     Document Type: Article

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