Sexual dimorphism in relation to current selection in the house finch

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 987-997

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a,b   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; House finch; Local adaptation; Overwinter survival; Pairing success; Peripheral population; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PASSERINE; SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033911593     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00098.x     Document Type: Article

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