Sexual selection and extinction: The fate of plumage-dimorphic and plumage-monomorphic birds introduced onto islands

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-565

  McLain, Denson Kelly ^a   Moulton, Michael P ^b   Sanderson, James G ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Extinction; Introduced birds; Islands; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001594365     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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