Joint effects of feeding and breeding behaviour on trophic dimorphism in hummingbirds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1437, 1999, Pages 2491-2497

  Bleiweiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Convolution; Lek paradox; Natural selection; Plumage coloration; Sex roles; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TROPHIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0033596246     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0951     Document Type: Article

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