The strength of sexual selection: A metaanalysis of bird studies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 476-486

  Gontard Danek, M C ^a   Moller A P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Mating system; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Secondary sexual characters

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LITERATURE REVIEW; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES;

EID: 0032720740     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.5.476     Document Type: Article

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