Why are female birds ornamented?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 149-155

  Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEORY;

EID: 0034177699     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01800-5     Document Type: Review

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