Experimental analyses of sexual and natural selection on short tails in a polygynous warbler

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1448, 2000, Pages 1121-1128

  Balmford, Andrew ^a   Lewis, Milton J ^b,d   De L Brooke, M ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^c   Johnson, C N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female choice; Male male competition; Sexual selection; Short tails; Tail manipulation

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAIL FEATHER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; MALE; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CISTICOLA EXILIS; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0034616828     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1117     Document Type: Article

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