Quantitative genetics of basal metabolic rate and body mass in free-living pied flycatchers

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 288, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 245-251

  Bushuev, A V ^a   Husby, A ^b   Sternberg, H ^c   Grinkov, V G ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ornithologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Populationsforschung Braunschweig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; BMR; Energetics; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Pied flycatcher

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

SIBERIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 84870062757     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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