The contribution of an avian top predator to selection in prey species

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-106

  Vedder, Oscar ^a   Bouwhuis, Sandra ^a,b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multilevel selection; Phenotypic selection; Predator prey; Soft selection; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; FLEDGING; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TROPHIC LEVEL;

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAWK; MULTILEVEL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY; SOFT SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TROPHIC LEVELS;

MULTILEVEL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY; SOFT SELECTION; TROPHIC LEVELS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HAWKS; PASSERIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890798756     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12114     Document Type: Article

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