Exploring patterns of variation in clutch size-density reaction norms in a wild passerine bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2031-2043

  Nicolaus, M ^a   Brommer, J E ^b   Ubels, R ^c   Tinbergen, J M ^c   Dingemanse, N J ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Density dependence; Heritability; Heteroscedasticity; Parus major; Phenotypic plasticity; Random regression; Reaction norm; Residual variance

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SONGBIRD; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; NETHERLANDS; PARUS MAJOR; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOM REGRESSION; REACTION NORM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL VARIANCE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MODEL; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HERITABILITY; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; PARUS MAJOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANDOM REGRESSION; REACTION NORM; RESIDUAL VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84882632439     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12210     Document Type: Article

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