Morphological Heritability in a Hybrid Bunting Complex: Nesospiza at Inaccessible Island
Abstract Juvenile Nesospiza buntings measured 7–11 weeks after hatching were compared with the sizes of their parents to estimate the heritability (h2) of six external morphological characters. There was no evidence of size selection before juveniles were seven weeks old, but some additional growth...
Published in: | The Condor |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
2001
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/103.3.429 http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/103/3/429/29710740/condor0429.pdf |