Evolution of reversed sexual size dimorphism in Skuas and Jaegers

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 158-168

  Catry, Paulo ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^a,b   Furness, D Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; RAPTOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CATHARACTA SKUA; STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 0033007910     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089462     Document Type: Article

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