Fluctuating viability selection on morphology of cliff swallows is driven by climate

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1129-1142

  Brown, C R ^a   Brown, M B ^b   Roche, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cliff swallow; Climate; Directional selection; Fluctuating selection; Morphology; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; SWALLOW (BIRD); UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; NEBRASKA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SWALLOWS; WEATHER;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA;

EID: 84876989726     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12130     Document Type: Article

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