Components of phenotypic variation in avian ornamental and non-ornamental feathers

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-72

  Cuervo, José Javier ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Condition dependence; Feather ornaments; Handicap; Phenotypic variation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FEATHER; GENETIC VARIATION; ORNAMENTATION; SELECTION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; INSECTA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0034770964     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011913804309     Document Type: Article

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