Environment-dependent selection on mate choice in a natural population of birds

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 611-618

  Robinson, Matthew R ^a   Sander van Doorn, G ^b   Gustafsson, Lars ^c   Qvarnström, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Genotype environment interaction; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SWEDEN; WEATHER;

AVES;

EID: 84860663034     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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