Sex and destiny: The role of mating signals in speciation and macroevolution

Historical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 173-197

  Sampson, Scott D ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect hypothesis; Evolutionary radiation; Macroevolution; Mate competition; Mating signal; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 0032839198     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969909386580     Document Type: Article

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