Growing in cities: An urban penalty for wild birds? A study of phenotypic differences between urban and rural great tit chicks (Parus major)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2017, Pages

  Biard, Clotilde ^a   Brischoux, François ^b   Meillère, Alizée ^b   Michaud, Bruno ^b   Nivière, Manon ^a   Ruault, Stéphanie ^b   Vaugoyeau, Marie ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Body size; Carotenoid based signal; Developmental conditions; Plumage color; Telomeres; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031699622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00079     Document Type: Article

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