Investigating how telomere dynamics, growth and life history covary along an elevation gradient in two passerine species

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 134-140

  Stier, Antoine ^a   Delestrade, Anne ^b,c   Bize, Pierre ^d   Zahn, Sandrine ^e,f   Criscuolo, François ^e,f   Massemin, Sylvie ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b Observatoire du Mont Blanc   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; PASSERINE;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PERIPARUS ATER;

EID: 84954391010     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jav.00714     Document Type: Article

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