A comparative study on the evolution of reversed size dimorphism in monogamous waders

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Figuerola, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Reversed dimorphism; Sexual display; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WADER;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0032979166     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0254     Document Type: Article

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