Body size and harem size in male red-winged blackbirds: Manipulating selection with sex-specific feeders

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2049-2065

  Rohwer, Sievert ^a   Langston, Nancy ^a,b   Gori, Dave ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; experimental feeders; red winged blackbirds; sexual selection; sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES;

BODY SIZE; ENERGETIC STRESS; HAREM SIZE; RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0029659225     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03591.x     Document Type: Article

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