Size differentiation in Finnish house sparrows follows Bergmann's rule with evidence of local adaptation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 737-747

  Brommer, J E ^a,b   Hanski, I K ^c   Kekkonen, J ^d   Vaisanen R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Birds; Ecological genetics; Morphometrics; Population genetics; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SIZE STRUCTURE;

FINLAND;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SKELETON; SPARROW;

ADAPTATION; BIRDS; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKELETON; SPARROWS;

EID: 84896313517     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12342     Document Type: Article

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