Does sexual selection influence population trends in European birds?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-60

  Prinzing, Andreas ^a,c   Brändle, Martin ^a,d   Pfeifer, Robert ^b   Brandl, Roland ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ^*  (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dimorphism; Global change; Macroecology; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037812168     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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