Selection based on the size of the black tie of the great tit may be reversed in urban habitats

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2625-2632

  Senar, Juan Carlos ^a   Conroy, Michael J ^b   Quesada, Javier ^a   Mateos Gonzalez, Fernando ^c  

^a Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Divergent selection; Parus major; Plumage coloration; Survival; Trap response; Urban adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903974402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.999     Document Type: Article

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