Does a trade-off exist between sexual ornamentation and ecological plasticity? Sexual dichromatism and occupied elevational range in finches

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-324

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a   Ghalambor, Cameron K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DICHROMATISM; ELEVATIONAL RANGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL ORNAMENTATION; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 0031814595     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546972     Document Type: Article

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