Population divergence in sexual ornaments: The white forehead patch of Norwegian pied flycatchers is small and unsexy

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1235-1246

  Dale, Svein ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^b   Lampe, Helene M ^b   Sætre, Glenn Peter ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Mate choice; Pied flycatcher; Plumage color; Population divergence; Secondary sexual characters; Sexual selection; Signals; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; MARTES PENNANTI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032882293     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04536.x     Document Type: Article

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