Feather mass and winter moult extent are heritable but not associated with fitness-related traits in a long-distance migratory bird

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• plumage 100%
• molt 88%
• migratory bird 87%
• feather 79%
• fitness 64%
• winter 39%
• laying date 13%
• mating success 12%
• bird 12%
• arrival date 12%
• heritability 10%
• genetic variation 8%
• natural selection 8%
• plasticity 6%
• egg 6%
• allocation 6%
• environmental change 6%
• global warming 6%

Agriculture & Biology

• migratory birds 77%
• plumage 72%
• feathers 66%
• molting 61%
• winter 42%
• dates (fruit) 11%
• Ficedula hypoleuca 10%
• birds 8%
• resource allocation 8%
• global warming 7%
• gender differences 7%
• phenotypic variation 7%
• natural selection 6%
• plasticity 6%
• heritability 6%
• oviposition 6%