Environmental conditions influence red grouse ornamentation at a population level

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 788-798

  Vergara, Pablo ^a   Redpath, Stephen M ^b   Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^a,b   Mougeot, Francois ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; NAO index; Nematode infection; Population density; Sexual selection; Social context; Trichostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

CONDITION FACTOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAMEBIRD; NEMATODE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ORNAMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 84869813304     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01974.x     Document Type: Article

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