Natural selection on body size traits in a long‐lived bird, the snow petrel Pagodroma nivea

• Published in: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
• Main Author: Barbraud
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2000
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nivea; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00151.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1420-9101.2000.00151.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00151.x

I consider the possibility of selection favouring large body size in a population of snow petrels ( Pagodroma nivea ), a long‐lived seabird species. I measured natural selection on body size traits in a population from 1987 to 1998. There was evidence of selection on body size associated with fecund...