Sexy to die for? Sexual selection and the risk of extinction

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,b   Brooks, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EXTINCTION RISK; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 0012734665     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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